Articles & Thoughts
Curated readings on polarization, civil discourse, and conflict resolution
Geneva Conventions for the Culture War
Orrin G. Hatch · WSJ
Why The Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
Jonathan Haidt · The Atlantic
Partisan Bias Diminishes When Partisans Pay
Alex Tabarrok · Marginal Revolution
The Umbrella Ethic of Good Faith
Nell Watson
The Polarization Of Society: Even Scientists Become Tribal
American Council on Science & Health
A Gentler, Better Way to Change Minds
Arthur C. Brooks · The Atlantic
The Toxoplasma of Rage
Scott Alexander · Slate Star Codex
I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup
Scott Alexander · Slate Star Codex
The Highest Form of Disagreement
Conor Friedersdorf · The Atlantic
The Genetics of Politics
Rose McDermott · YouTube
The Death of Facebook | How Social Media Ripped Apart a Generation
ColdFusion · YouTube
Soldiers & Scouts: Why Our Minds Weren't Built for Truth
Julia Galef · Long Now
A Taxonomy of Fear
Emily Yoffe · Persuasion
How to Star-Man: Arguing from Compassion
Angel Eduardo · Center for Inquiry
Disputation Arenas
David Brin
Five Case Studies on Politicization
Scott Alexander · Slate Star Codex
In My Culture
Duncan Sabien · Medium
No Hate Left Behind
Thomas B. Edsall · New York Times
Are Economists Ideologically Biased?
Javdani Chang · Evonomics
Two Evidence-Based Recommendations for Civil Disagreement
CivilPolitics.org
The Tails Coming Apart As Metaphor for Life
Scott Alexander · Slate Star Codex
RIP Culture War Thread
Scott Alexander · Slate Star Codex
Misinformation bots are smarter than we thought
Axios
Google Chief: My Fears for Generation Facebook
The Independent
Courts and Social Change
Justice Ronald Sackville
Three ways Facebook could clean up their acts – if they wanted to
A.M. Nadler & M. Crain · Phys.org
Considering Considerateness: Why communities of do-gooders should be exceptionally considerate
Owen Cotton-Barratt · CEA
How to Fight Trolls and Win
Creative Future
Tools & Organizations
Interactive tools, quizzes, and organizations working toward civil discourse
Ideological Turing Test
Interactive Quiz
Political Bias Test
Clearer Thinking
Perception Gap Quiz
More In Common
OpenMind Platform
Organization
Civil Politics
Organization
TheirTube
Filter Bubble Tool
More In Common
Organization
Heterodox Academy
Organization
Ground News
News Comparison
Civil Discourse Resources
AllSides
Hidden Tribes
Research Project
Pol.is Consensus Tools
Collaboration Platform
Productive Disagreements Tool
Clearer Thinking
Change My View
Reddit Community
Red Brain Blue Brain
Interactive Tool
Improve The News
News Platform
The Middle Way Society
Organization
Meme Policeman
Fact-Checking
How To Have Impossible Conversations
Peter Boghossian · Book
Top 10 Ways to Heal the Partisan Divide
Michael Isenberg · Substack
Ultimate Community Code of Conduct
Google Docs
Viewpoint Diversity & Inclusion
Lincoln Network
A few guidelines that tend to support the quality of dialogue
Daniel Schmachtenberger
The Three Types of Binary Thinking
ClearerThinking.org
How to Navigate Contentious Conversations
Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay · Skeptic
You Can Disagree Better
Peter Boghossian · New York Times
Vicariously
Twitter Bubble Tool
Consider It
Deliberation Platform
Games & Learning Toys
Interactive experiences that teach concepts through play