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- The Many Polarizations of America -- An obvious key to defusing a polarized society is understanding what people are fighting about. A review of three new books on the topic. #mbi_context -- Jan 30
- Trump’s Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists -- A must-read update, with lots of references, on the alarming state of the digital media arena in which upcoming US election will play out. #mbi_context -- Jan 29
- Tolerance -- We need to learn how to tolerate those with whom we have deep moral disagreements (even when they are not part of our political coalition). #mbi_knowbase -- Jan 29
- ‘You Are Killing Us? We Will Make You a Joke.’ Meet Ahmed Albasheer -- A look at the intersection between mass media, TV comedy, nonviolent protest, and efforts to make Iraq do the right thing with Ahmed Albasheer. #mbi_context -- Jan 29
- Be Willing to Consider the Possibility That You May Be Wrong -- Most of us are so enmeshed in our own worldviews that we don't consider that we might be wrong. It helps to listen to outsiders and consider that possibility. #mbi_to_do -- Jan 28
- We need a political system that isn’t so sure of itself -- An amusing but also very serious defense of the virtue of not being so sure that you are right. #mbi_context -- Jan 28
- A bipartisan committee has ideas to make Congress more bipartisan — and lawmakers are listening -- Glimmers of hope. There are members of Congress working quietly, "under the radar" to actually figure out how to fix things. #mbi_context -- Jan 27
- The Future of the Liberal Order Is Conservative -- An argument for preserving global peace with a system that does a few things well (rather than trying to do too much). #mbi_context -- Jan 24
- Constructive Conflict Initiative Volunteer Opportunities -- The destructive way in which we handle conflict is the biggest threat to our common future. Join our effort to help address the problem. #mbi_cci -- Jan 24
- This trail-blazing suburb has tried for 60 years to tackle race. What if trying isn’t enough? -- An in-depth look at Shaker Heights, a community that has spent 50 years trying (and not yet succeeding) to make racial diversity work. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 24
- Chained Globalization Means America and China Can't Decouple -- A sensible way of thinking about national security in the age of increasing superpower tensions and a globalized integrated economy. #mbi_context -- Jan 23
- The Battle for the Constitution -- For democracy in serious trouble, a project that the takes a serious look at the tough questions surrounding the U.S. Constitution. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 23
- Finding Common Ground / Constructive Addressing Differences: a Discussion Guide -- For students (and everyone else) a strategy for unpacking our conflicts that illuminates common ground and constructively addresses differences. #mbi_activities -- Jan 23
- The Common Element Uniting Worldwide Protests -- Reflections on the worldwide wave of leaderless mass protests. Opposition is not enough, you need a broadly supported "what's next" plan. #mbi_context -- Jan 22
- The New China Scare -- With respect to China, an argument for not repeating the United States' Soviet era mistake of over inflating our adversaries. #mbi_context -- Jan 21
- Enemy Images -- Enemy images deepen our socio-economics and political problems, while they make effective problem solving impossible. #mbi_fundamentals -- Jan 21
- The Divide in Yakima Is the Divide in America -- For those who don't have time to really talk with those on the other side, articles like this can help us understand one another. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 21
- "Scaling The Commons An intervention to depolarize political conversations on Twitter and Facebook in the USA." -- An organization that is trying, with some success, to do the impossible--facilitate constructive dialogue on Twitter. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 20
- Allow Your Opponents to "Save Face." -- Key to solving a great many problems is giving people a face-saving way to change their behavior and admit that they've learned things. #mbi_to_do -- Jan 20
- I Invented the World Wide Web -- Here’s How We Can Fix It -- A report on a global effort to figure out how to restore the Web to its original promise. Their approach, a "Contract for the Web." #mbi_context -- Jan 20
- Project Purple Coalition -- We are not alone. There are lots of people and organizations that are trying very hard to help democracy overcome its many difficulties. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 17
- The Google Traffic Metaphor -- Google Maps and Adopt-a-Highway programs, crazy, but I think illuminating, metaphors for better dealing with society-wide conflict. #mbi_frontiers -- Jan 17
- A Review of "The Meritocracy Trap" by Daniel Markov -- A review of the new book that helps explain the widespread resentment of meritocratic elites that is at the core of so much conflict. #mbi_context -- Jan 17
- Modernizing Congress: Bringing Democracy into the 21st Century -- A step in the right direction -- developing ways to improve Congress' problem-solving ability (and provide an alternative to partisan gridlock). #mbi_colleague -- Jan 16
- Understand Your--and Others'--Fundamental Human Needs -- What would happen if we focused on meeting the fundamental human needs of our adversary and then asked them to do the same? #mbi_to_do -- Jan 16
