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The Scale-Up Problem
The scale of intractable conflicts requires that we need to learn to do peacebuilding on a much larger scale than most conflict resolution strategies were designed for.
BI Article
Chip Hauss: Beyond Polarization
People and organizations in fields allied with peacebuilding are already engaging in massively parallel problems solving. Peacebuilders can learn from their examples.
BI Audio/Video
Conflict Resolution Field and It's Problem with Scale
An old interview with Guy Burgess explaining the problem of scale very clearly. Our views haven't changed on this!
Colleague Activities
Scaling-Up Peacebuilding and Social Justice Work: A Conceptual Model
An academic exploration of one of the most important and difficult challenges facing peacebuilders -- scaling up their efforts to the point where they can positively alter the trajectory of society.
Colleague Activities
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
News and Opinion
The School for Scale
An intriguing essay exploring one of the biggest problems we face--the mismatch between our cognitive abilities and the scale of modern society.
News and Opinion
Economies of Scale, Part I: Artificial Intelligence
News and Opinion
TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale
From Jon Haidt, an explanation of the threat that TikTok poses to today's young people.
News and Opinion
Something Extraordinary Is Happening All Over the World
A review of the many ways in which large-scale human migrations are transforming (and placing great stress on) societies all over the world.