"Ignore critics but address legitimate concerns strategically Faced with protests from neighboring residents, the Squamish Nation's project lead Jacob Lewis III drew a clear line: the team dismissed critiques that seemed racially motivated — "I call it out what it is. It's levels just levels of racism" — but genuinely engaged with substantive concerns about traffic and infrastructure by funding transit upgrades and bike lanes. This dual approach let the project move forward without being derailed by bad-faith opposition while still building goodwill with the city. The actionable principle is to sort criticism into two buckets — ideological and logistical — and respond only to the latter. Source: Jacob Lewis III, Planet Money (NPR), The Squamish Nation's Economic Experiment"