Recent Beyond Intractability Posts
Including Hyper-Polarization Posts
Posts by BI Section
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- Benny Gantz Put His Country First. Will Benjamin Netanyahu Do the Same? -- From Israel, a story about a courageous and controversial attempt to form a national unity government and start depolarizing society. #mbi_context -- Apr 09
- We’re Not ‘All in It Together’ -- But we could be, if we rise to the moment. -- “People make choices. Choices make history.” Thoughtful reflections on how the choices we are now making will shape the post pandemic-world. #mbi_context -- Apr 09
- Building Trust, Confidence and Collective Action in the Age of COVID-19 -- A first-rate, must-read analysis of larger social context of the COVID-19 crisis with realistic, concrete steps we can all take to minimize the damage. #mbi_context -- Apr 08
- The Trailer: The pandemic and the protesters -- We need a whole new generation of protest strategies capable of defending disempowered groups while we all struggle with the Coronavirus. #mbi_context -- Apr 08
- Building Trust, Confidence and Collective Action in the Age of COVID-19 -- A first-rate, must-read analysis of larger social context of the COVID-19 crisis with realistic, concrete steps we can all take to minimize the damage. #mbi_context -- Apr 07
- What America Needs Next: A Biden National Unity Cabinet -- A intriguing proposal for a realistic step that Vice President Biden could take to start depolarizing US society in a way that would permit real problem-solving. #mbi_context -- Apr 07
- To Fight Coronavirus, There’s No Substitute for U.S. Leadership -- 3 billion people are about to face the Coronavirus without even being able to wash their hands! An essay about the what the US could do to help. #mbi_context -- Apr 07
- The Coronavirus Could Cause a Social Recession -- Another side effect of the Coronavirus that demands attention from people who understand relationships--the "social recession." #mbi_context -- Apr 06
- The Social-Distancing Culture War Has Begun -- An explanation of how the Coronavirus problem and our destructive politics are inextricably linked and why we desperately need new ideas for bridging the gap. #mbi_context -- Apr 06
- The Virus and the Blitz -- A great essay highlighting things we can learn from the way in which the Brits endured World War II's London Blitz. #mbi_context -- Apr 03
- How the Pandemic Is Magnifying America’s Class Divide -- It is important to recognize and start taking steps to counter the many ways in which the Coronavirus is amplifying already serious social tensions. #mbi_context -- Apr 03
- Coronavirus Models Aren't Supposed to Be Right -- Scary coronavirus models aren't predictions, they are warnings. By working together we can bend their predictions in a more positive direction. #mbi_context -- Apr 02
- The Fog of Pandemic -- Thoughtful reflections on how to live with the maddening uncertainties swirling around the Coronavirus pandemic. #mbi_context -- Apr 02
- Who Will Win the Fight for a Post-Coronavirus America? -- Disasters commonly open the door to major social changes. We need to start working now to make sure these changes are positive and not negative. #mbi_context -- Apr 01
- The Thing That Determines a Country’s Resistance to the Coronavirus -- An explanation of why trust in public institutions is so important and the terrible consequences of deliberate efforts to destroy that trust. #mbi_context -- Apr 01
- If Trump Can’t Do the Job, Other People Need To -- Redundancy is a big part of what makes large-scale complex systems work. If something breaks, there are other (often imperfect) ways to get the job done. #mbi_context -- Apr 01
- COVID-19: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’ -- A timely and urgent plea for a global cease-fire. (I'd like to see this extended this to also include nonviolent, but still very destructive, political conflicts.) #mbi_context -- Mar 31
- Grocery workers are keeping Americans alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what they need. -- It's not just about keeping our distance and staying safe. It's about doing everything that we can to protect the people who make this possible. #mbi_context -- Mar 31
- Coronavirus, Beyond Intractability, and the Constructive Conflict Initiative -- Please help us pool what we collectively know about working together to fight the virus (and resisting the forces of social disintegration). #mbi_cci -- Mar 31
- Here’s How to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation -- Practical suggestions for defending ourselves and those we care about from inaccurate and deceptive information about the Coronavirus. #mbi_context -- Mar 30
- Let’s make sure this crisis doesn’t go to waste -- From the guy who coined the phrase, "a crisis is a terrible thing to waste," reflections on how we can come out of this stronger and better. #mbi_context -- Mar 30
- The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse -- Fighting the Coronavirus is not enough. We also need to start actively working to protect society's complex web of socioeconomic relationships. #mbi_context -- Mar 23
- The Best-Case Outcome for the Coronavirus, and the Worst -- It's pretty clear what needs to be done. We just have to find creative ways around the obstacles posed by our divided political system. #mbi_context -- Mar 20
- Big news! Fox has decided that the Coronavirus is, indeed, a serious threat. I think we ought to welcome their support and put politics asid -- Thoughtful In critically important reflections on how to prevent Coronavirus stresses from threatening our most important relationships. #mbi_context -- Mar 17
- Senate Republicans must go big and fast in their response to the Coronavirus -- An urgent story about the kind of financial rescue package that is desperately needed by people whose lives are being upended by the crisis. #mbi_context -- Mar 17
