Toxic Polarization Feeds on Simplicity. Peter Coleman Offers Complexity as a Way Out
Peter Coleman illuminates how we can break the cycle of mutual contempt and why the political divides that seem so intractable do not have to be.
June 14th, 2021
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November 09th, 2020
Conversations on Polarizing Topics Are Possible. If You’re Up for It, Here’s How to Start
How can you successfully understand someone else’s point of view, share yours, or even change someone’s mind?
October 07th, 2019
The Cognitive Science of Political Thought: Practical Takeaways for Political Discourse
In extraordinary times there is speculation to match. But what does science actually tell us about this political moment?
June 05th, 2018
Adam Grant: Understanding People Who Aren’t Like You
What insight from behavioral science has most changed how Adam Grant views others?
August 15th, 2017
Charlottesville’s Battle for Human Nature
On Saturday, I woke up to white vans carrying white supremacists through my neighborhood.
April 08th, 2016
More than a Game: What Sports Can Teach Us About Morality, Consciousness, and World Peace
On a winter day in 2013, it was so cold at Lambeau field, home of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, that the stadium’s beer and soda machines froze.
October 03rd, 2014
Clash: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are
Why did UN-led aid efforts in Sudan have such catastrophic consequences and why were aid workers so slow to recognize their mistake?
August 28th, 2014
Schadenfreude in Gaza
As the Gaza-Israel conflict began escalating last month, there were widely circulated reports that Israeli spectators had gathered on garden chairs and old sofas to cheer as bombs rained down on people living in Gaza just a few miles away.
