Recent Beyond Intractability Posts
Including Hyper-Polarization Posts
Posts by BI Section
Lists of recent posts are also available separately for each BI Section:
Hyper-Polarization Discussion Posts | Earlier Constructive Conflict Initiative Blog
Things You Can Do To Help | Conflict Frontiers | Conflict Fundamentals
Beyond Intractability in Context | Colleague Activities
- Dan Rather On Why America Needs More Empathy -- For a world in which we have increasingly demonized our political opponents, a persuasive and eloquent argument for empathy. #mbi_context -- Oct 08
- The Backlash Effect & Coefficient -- The backlash coefficient measures the degree to which the quest for victory intensifies, rather than subdues, the opposition. #mbi_frontiers -- Oct 08
- “Cancel Culture” Letter: 7 Tips from the Debate -- Solid advice on how we could much more constructively engage the complex issues swirling around the "cancel culture" debate. #mbi_context -- Oct 08
- Lock Him Up? -- Two sides of an important debate over whether and how President Trump should ultimately be held accountable for his alleged crimes. #mbi_context -- Oct 07
- Coexistence -- Coexistence offers a promising alternative to today's all-out struggle for dominance among competing socio-cultural groups. #mbi_fundamentals -- Oct 07
- Weaving Community -- Lots of ideas of ways to connect with our communities in this time of enforced social distancing. #mbi_colleague -- Oct 07
- When you drown the government in the bathtub, people die -- Scapegoating governmental institutions and employees is not a harmless political tactic. It has tragic, real-world consequences. #mbi_context -- Oct 07
- Getting From Here to There: Successful Implementation of the Global Fragility Act -- This report focuses on the challenges and opportunities in implementation of the Global Fragility Act, with recommendations for action. #mbi_colleague -- Oct 07
- A playbook for combating QAnon -- Social media companies have enabled the rapid spread of divisive and dangerous conspiracy theories. A look at what they could do to reverse this. #mbi_colleague -- Oct 06
- Cultural Lag -- Today's culture wars are largely attributable to the fact that the different generations adapted their beliefs to very different social conditions. #mbi_fundamentals -- Oct 06
- Quaker Concern -- Useful articles on indigenous peoples' reconciliation, children's rights, and others. #mbi_context -- Oct 06
- College-Educated Professionals Are Capitalism’s Useful Idiots -- A summary of an important new book that asks hard questions about the role that the meritocracy has played in the breakdown of the social contract. #mbi_context -- Oct 06
- This War of Mine Game -- A game to help people understand the impact of war on civilians. #mbi_colleague -- Oct 06
- As Newsrooms Close Across the Country, Remembering Why They Matter -- Local newsrooms are one of our best defenses against dangerous and divisive rumors. We need to find a way to preserve them. #mbi_context -- Oct 06
- I Wanted to Know How to Rebuild the Middle Class. Here’s What I Found. -- A report from somebody who has been trying to figure out how to build an economy that comes much closer to providing everyone with a prosperous future. #mbi_context -- Oct 05
- The Norman Lear Center -- The media is the "public square" where our conflicts play out. The Lear Center is focused on making that square more constructive. #mbi_colleague -- Oct 05
- The U.S. has two economies. How much longer will the losing side stand for that? -- We must find a way to implement effective measures to prevent the pandemic from continuing to drive the "haves" and the "have-nots" further apart. #mbi_context -- Oct 05
- Don't Take the "Hate Bait" -- We are facing a deliberate effort to make us hate one another to the point where democratic governance is no longer possible. We can't let it succeed. #mbi_to_do -- Oct 05
- 7 tips for Managing Virtual Meetings with Care During a Pandemic -- Tips include meeting prep, getting help, prioritizing people and relationships, creativity, flexibility, and more. #mbi_colleague -- Oct 05
- A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans -- Further evidence that our political conflicts could become quite violent, quite fast. We need to prepare a strong effort delegitimize such violence. -- Oct 04
- Constructive Conflict Initiative -- Assuming that we get through the immediate crisis, we will need a major effort to improve the way in which we handle our conflicts. This Initiative is a place to start. -- Oct 04
- Build Up ^ -- Build Up ^ does data collection and analysis, policy research, and intervention using digital tech to address challenges to peace. -- Oct 04
- The Case for Accepting Defeat on Roe -- A refreshing rethinking of Roe v. Wade and the Pro-Choice movement in light of the complex conflict dynamics surrounding this divisive issue. -- Oct 04
- ICT for Peace Foundation -- ICT4Peace explores and champions the use of communication tech and new media for peacebuilding, crisis management and humanitarian operations. #mbi_colleague -- Oct 04
- How to Stop the Wildfires -- An examination of the difficult facts, competing interests, and the compromises needed to sensibly respond to the U.S. West's raging wildfires. -- Oct 01
