BeyondIntractability @BeyondIntract
A huge online knowledge base focused on better ways of addressing difficult conflicts w/ 5000+ pages of original content created by 400+ contributors. beyondintractability.org Boulder, CO, USA Joined January 2012-
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Jonathan Stray explains why we still need to build bridges to "the other side," even if we think they are doing terrible things. It is the only way for those who want to protect democracy to "win" that fight.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
If we want to get out of the trouble we are in as a society, we need to realize that the "enemy" is not "the others." It is the destructive way in which we deal with "the others." beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
An initial report on why and how BI is starting to experiment with AI. We'll know more over time, but the initial experiments are intriguing! beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A new collection of links to news and opinion articles and organizations that are, in various ways, contributing to the massively parallel effort to help us understand and more constructively handle intractable conflict. beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
David Eisner points out astonishing similarities between our civic angst now and the turmoil of the early 1900s. He goes on to argue that we turned things around then and can do so again. beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A conflict map of democratic erosion shows how complex this problem is, and why a simple, us-versus-them definition of the problem, along with an attempt to overpower "them," cannot work to solve it. beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A new collection of links to news and opinion articles and organizations that are, in various ways, contributing to the massively parallel effort to help us understand and more constructively handle intractable conflict.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
Defending civil society against attacks is not enough. We also need to cultivate the attributes that will make civil society more defensible – and worth defending.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
In this Newsletter we announce the release of the much updated Beyond Intractability website with the addition of an extensive Constructive Conflict Guide focused on hyper-polarization and ways to strengthen and improve democracy. beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A new collection of links to news and opinion articles and organizations that are, in various ways, contributing to the massively parallel effort to help us understand and more constructively handle intractable conflict. beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
Continuing our review of the distinction between core conflict factors and conflict overlays, this post examines common overlay factors that make conflicts even more difficult to resolve--and (briefly) what to do about them.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A review of the distinction the Burgesses make between core conflict factors and conflict overlays. This is the first of a two-part series; this focuses on the core issues; the second will examine the overlay factors.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A new collection of links to news and opinion articles and organizations that are, in various ways, contributing to the massively parallel effort to help us understand and more constructively handle intractable conflict.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
Jacob Bornstein gives a master class on how to assemble and facilitate a collaborative process over very contentious issues -- and easier ones.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
For his 99th Birthday, a tribute to Lou Kriesberg -- a leading light in the conflict and peacebuilding fields, along with his latest thoughts on the Israeli / Palestinian conflict.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A new collection of links to news and opinion articles and organizations that are, in various ways, contributing to the massively parallel effort to help us understand and more constructively handle intractable conflict.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
Magical production is the tendency to unconsciously think that goods and services magically appear in our stores and that the only important question is how to distribute them. A road trip through flyover country shows how false this image is. beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
Frank Dukes talks about how he balances his three roles of conflict resolution practitioner, teacher/trainer, and human rights advocate in this wide-ranging interview.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
A new collection of links to news and opinion articles and organizations that are, in various ways, contributing to the massively parallel effort to help us understand and more constructively handle intractable conflict.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
Comments from readers on our earlier Fourth of July post and further thoughts about the meaning of the holiday.beyondintractability.substack.com/p/newsletter-3…
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