Recent BI and Substack Posts

The U.S. desperately needs reconciliation at a time when it is going to be especially difficult for us to reconcile. #mbi_frontiers

Exceptionally wise advice from South Africa on how to overcome polarization with vision, humanism, inclusion, and a balancing of truth, peace, and justice. #mbi_cci

The U.S. is desperately needs reconciliation at a time when it is going to be especially difficult for us to reconcile.

Introducing "desire paths," and the importance of designing change to follow them whenever possible.

Given the difficulty of the conflict problems we face, it's clear that there is not going to be a quick solution. We need to start thinking about a longer-term effort. #mbi_cci

A series of video lectures that apply Massively Parallel Peacebuilding to the interrelated challenges of populism and rising authoritarianism. #mbi_frontiers

Cynicism, reinventing the wheel, information friction and overload are among the problems that need to be tackled. #mbi_frontiers

Here's a start of a list of things you can do to be a part of a Massively Parallel Peacebuilding effort. #mbi_frontiers

The civil rights movement, and the environmental movement are both successful applications of a "massively parallel" strategy. #mbi_frontiers

Massively Parallel Peacebuilding enlists everyone engaged in or affected by conflict to help change its destructive course. #mbi_frontiers

Good conflict resolution skills are not just for peacebuilders--they are crucial for disputants as well. #mbi_frontiers

In 1988, it looked as if democracy and peace were advancing globally. Now they are both retreating. Can we reverse that trend? #mbi_frontiers

Are we on the brink of catastrophe...and if so, can we step back...or will we fall (or jump)? #mbi_frontiers

MPP offers a strategy for combining our collective knowledge and skills into a large-scale effort to promote more constructive approaches to conflict. #mbi_frontiers

Part II of the Beyond Intractability Frontiers Online Seminar shows how EVERYONE can and must get involved in solving today's big problems. #mbi_frontiers

Harnessing the power of markets: a strategy for scaling up efforts to deal with complex, intractable conflict. #mbi_frontiers

Google traffic and other traffic control activities can teach us a lot about dealing with conflict. #mbi_fundamentals

Reconciliation is not the imposition of one side's view on the other, but rather a meeting of minds and a way forward. #mbi_cci

We need to stop thinking in terms of mediation triads, and scale up conflict work to societal levels. #mbi_frontiers

Complexity-oriented approaches to conflict are more like medicine and less like engineering. #mbi_frontiers

Those who seek power-over others are dealing better with social and psychological complexity. This needs to change! #mbi_frontiers

We need to resist "divide and conqueror" efforts to control society by exacerbating and exploiting left/right tensions. #mbi_frontiers

An explanation of why this may be our best/last chance to make democracy work (and avoid autocracy and anocracy). #mbi_frontiers

Speeding society's ability to rapidly adapt to changing conditions should be a key goal of the conflict field. #mbi_frontiers

An exploration of how understanding ecodynamics and evolution can help us deal with complex conflict. #mbi_frontiers