Beyond Intractability in Context Blog
Beyond Intractability's efforts to promote more constructive approaches to conflict occur within the larger context of efforts to promote wise and equitable solutions to a broad range of social problems. This blog highlights readable news and opinion articles, "infographics" and reports that help us understand the costs--and hence, urgency -- of the conflict problem, the dynamics that make it so difficult, alternative responses, and innovative success stories about people who have successfully confronted various aspects of the problem in different settings.
BI in Context posts are being included in the
Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar's
exploration of the tough challenges posed by the
Constructive Conflict Initiative.
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More About How to Participate in the MBI Seminars and Blogs ...
- A pretty persuasive look at the flaws inherent in the progressive "theory of change" and associated efforts to build a winning political coalition. #mbi_context -- How Not to Build a Coalition -- The Left’s Theory of the Case Falls Apart
- For those who have been focused on the left's overreach, a summary (with links) of the terrifying things that are now dominant on the political right. #mbi_context -- What’s Happening on the Left Is No Excuse for What’s Happening on the Right
- A compelling, obvious, and (sadly) neglected strategy for solving our many problems --- expanding the "pie." #mbi_context -- A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems
- If climate change really is such an existential emergency, why are so many environmental groups unwilling to prioritize it? #mbi_context -- America’s Top Environmental Groups Have Lost the Plot on Climate Change
- From an Archbishop of Canterbury, thoughtful reflections on human fragility and the mutually supportive relationship between science, the arts, and religion. #mbi_context -- The world feels fragile, but we can recover from the blows we’ve suffered
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