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- The American Medical System Is One Giant Workaround -- A look at the haphazard nature of the American medical system and a window into how large-scale, complex systems become so dysfunctional. #mbi_context -- Nov 15
- Complex Adaptive Systems -- Successfully working with complex system requires us to challenge many of our assumptions and understand the limits of rational planning. #mbi_fundamentals -- Nov 15
- Marc Benioff: We Need a New Capitalism -- A billionaire's welcome appeal for a new kind of capitalism where companies work to advance societal, not just shareholder, interests. #mbi_context -- Nov 15
- Seek Co-existence, Not Total Victory -- The demand for total victory is a recipe for continuing and deepening strife--co-existence is essential for peace. #mbi_to_do -- Nov 14
- Conflict Fundamentals Seminar/Blog -- To be successful, any effort to advance the conflict field will require an understanding of, and a willingness to build upon, the field's existing insights. #mbi_fundamentals -- Nov 14
- The Return of "I'll Fight You for It" Rules -- Are efforts to solve problems collaboratively losing to naked contests of Machiavellian power? #mbi_frontiers -- Nov 14
- Americans’ Views of ‘Socialism’ and ‘Capitalism’ In Their Own Words -- An interesting window into how people think about the relative merits of socialist and capitalist economic systems. #mbi_context -- Nov 13
- Our Most Important Conflict: Coexisters vs. Fighters vs. Divide & Conquerors -- We need to resist "divide and conqueror" efforts to control society by exacerbating and exploiting left/right tensions. #mbi_frontiers -- Nov 13
- SMU Professor Teaches Students How To Dialogue Without Arguing -- A report on an effort to better teach an essential life skill, constructively and respectfully debating controversial issues. #mbi_context -- Nov 13
- The poverty of partisan identity -- An insightful call for the kind of identity politics that reaches beyond partisanship to encompass other aspects of our lives. #mbi_context -- Nov 12
- Conflict Frontiers Seminar Series & Blog -- The challenge of intractable conflict requires a willingness to consider, debate, and refine new ideas for advancing the frontier of the conflict field. #mbi_frontiers -- Nov 12
- Conflict Isn't a Spectator Sport -- A simple idea that can go a long way toward changing today's destructive conflict dynamics. #mbi_to_do -- Nov 12
- The West Has a Resentment Epidemic -- An in-depth, international look at the stark political divide that has emerged between the big cities and the countryside. #mbi_context -- Nov 11
- Treat EVERYONE With Respect -- One post from our Things to Do to Help section focuses on the many advantages of treating one's adversaries with respect. #mbi_to_do -- Nov 11
- In the United States, Polarization Runs Particularly Deep -- In order to escape from today's deep political divide, we need articles like this one that help us understand the origins of our troubles. #mbi_context -- Nov 11
- Something Special Is Happening in Rural America -- Limiting economic inequality: Good news for those looking for an alternative to today's increasingly unlivable and unaffordable big cities. #mbi_context -- Nov 08
- Things YOU Can Do To Help Blog -- While the conflict problem is extraordinarily complex, much of the solution lies in simple steps we can all take in our daily lives to help address the problem. #mbi_to_do -- Nov 08
- The Upside of Populism -- An argument that populism could be a positive force (provided that we learn the lessons of Progressive Era populism). #mbi_context -- Nov 08
- There’s Hope for Local Journalism -- One key to reinvigorating democracy is making local journalism work. This is a hopeful story about how to do it. #mbi_context -- Nov 07
- Constructive Conflict Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) -- The MOOS Seminar is a structure for a series of social network and newsletter posts combined with opportunities for contributing your ideas. #mbi_challenge -- Nov 06
- The America That Isn’t Polarized -- A look at the 50+% of the US population that hold both liberal and conservative views and who are not engaged in our polarized politics. #mbi_context -- Nov 07
- These 526 Voters Represent All of America. And They Spent a Weekend Together. -- A report on a fascinating experiment in democratic decision-making. How could we scale something like this up to the societal level? #mbi_context -- Nov 05
- Constructive Conflict Initiative -- Invitation to Participate -- Before we can meet the many challenges posed by intractable conflict, we need to figure out how to get more people working on the problem. #mbi_cci -- Nov 05
- Constructive Conflict Initiative Video -- This video explains the rationale underlying our Constructive Conflict Initiative and why we think that the conflict problem is so important. #mbi_cci -- Nov 03
- What Optimists Get Wrong About the Decline of War -- An argument against complacency and for vigorous efforts to prevent geopolitical tensions from erupting into large-scale violence. #mbi_context -- Nov 01
