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- Carbon Costs Quantified -- A fascinating and often surprising table highlighting the carbon costs of various activities. #mbi_context -- Sep 16
- The case against crisis-mongering -- A long and surprisingly persuasive argument that things aren't as bad as we think and that our doom-and-gloom worldview is an overreaction. #mbi_context -- Sep 16
- Adversarial Collaboration Project -- An especially promising project that helps those involved in scientific debates work through their differences in a spirit of collaborative learning. #mbi_colleague -- Sep 16
- An undeclared war is breaking out in cyberspace. The Biden administration is fighting back. -- An update on the ongoing war in cyberspace and hopeful news that effective steps are being taken to curtail hostilities before they get out of control. #mbi_context -- Sep 16
- This Is No Way to Rule a Country -- A look at the chasm between the way that US democracy is supposed to function, the contemporary reality, and a cry for reform. #mbi_context -- Sep 15
- Civil Squared -- Getting un-likeminded people talking again because that’s how, together, we’ll create the most effective solutions to the challenges our communities face. #mbi_colleague -- Sep 15
- James Baldwin’s Radicalism -- One of America’s most perceptive writers rejected the politics of division. He has much to teach us about race and injustice today. #mbi_context -- Sep 15
- The Performative Antiracism of Black Students at the U. of Wisconsin -- A textbook demonstration of the difference between sincere activism and playacting. #mbi_context -- Sep 15
- Thinking and Rationality -- A succinct and eye-opening argument that there is an inclusive (not in the racial sense of the word) way of thinking that is superior to narrow rationality. #mbi_context -- Sep 14
- Instead of ‘Defund the Police,’ Solve All Murders -- A provocative, alternative strategy for protecting people from guns and violence. #mbi_context -- Sep 14
- Make America Dinner Again -- These dinners consist of respectful conversation, guided activities, and delicious food shared among 6-10 guests who have differing political viewpoints. #mbi_colleague -- Sep 14
- The New Puritans -- Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be swift—and merciless. #mbi_context -- Sep 14
- Civic Genius -- Aiming to overcome political polarization and rebuild American civic culture through everyday opportunities to learn and engage with each other and policymakers. #mbi_colleague -- Sep 13
- What Are the Five Dimensions of Curiosity? -- A chance to reflect on an important and seldom considered question, the nature of curiosity and how to encourage it. #mbi_context -- Sep 13
- Bad News -- Selling the story of disinformation -- An exploration into the many ways in which our communications ecosystem affects how we think in ways that, depending on your opinion, are good or bad. #mbi_context -- Sep 13
- The Assault on Empiricism -- Amid persistent calls to trust the science and resist fake facts, look at social movements on the left and the right that are failing to do just that. #mbi_context -- Sep 13
- O (No!) Canada: Fast-Moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—and Speech Police to Enforce Them -- From Canada, a startling look at where efforts to shape public speech seem to be headed. We should not take 1st Amendment free speech protections for granted. #mbi_context -- Sep 12
- Demography Is Not Destiny -- New numbers provide a reminder of the fluidity of American identity. -- A look at the complex, ever-changing, and bewildering history of how the US and its citizens have defined and identified race and whiteness over the years. #mbi_context -- Sep 12
- Living Room Conversations -- Getting at the heart of what we share in common with one another, these conversations promise respect, understanding, and even friendship in unexpected places! #mbi_colleague -- Sep 12
- Why White Privilege Is Wrong—Part 1 -- An extensive, two-part article that takes a hard look at social science data behind assertions that white privilege is the driving force in US society. #mbi_context -- Sep 12
- Niall Ferguson on why the end of America’s empire won’t be peaceful -- For those trying to understand the implications of declining US power and the end of Pax Americana, a look at the end of British power and the end of Pax Britannica. #mbi_context -- Sep 09
- Justine Lee on Political Polarization -- The Executive Director of Living Room Conversations discusses her background, lessons learned, and tips to minimize the negative effects of political polarization. #mbi_colleague -- Sep 09
- The rapidly shifting Hispanic experience of American criminal justice -- A surprising and encouraging report indicating that Hispanic Americans may no longer be disproportionately disadvantaged in terms of criminal justice. #mbi_context -- Sep 09
- David Petraeus on American Mistakes in Afghanistan -- David Petraeus is, perhaps, most responsible for efforts to integrate nationbuilding and peacebuilding into military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. His views at this point. #mbi_context -- Sep 09
- A Better Anti-Racism -- We must insist that what we have in common is more important than what divides us. Our ability to remedy racial injustice depends on it. #mbi_context -- Sep 08
