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- Abraham Path An attempt to physically bridge the chasm between Islam, Christianity and Judaism
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- Correlates of War Project Excellent source of information on all forms of armed conflict
- Creating Reciprocity Great site about the role of empathy and reciprocity in conflict
- End of Economic Growth: Richard Heinberg Great site for information on why and how economic growth may be over; with profound implications for future conflict
- Equality Trust My old contact Richard Wilkinson’s data based site on economic inequality: an often missed vertical element in conflict
- Grist Organization I like the data driven approach of this environmental site
- Jerome Slater Really interesting Middle East expert and blogger with a mind of his own
- Josh Berer Interesting site on Arabic art by someone who has lived in the Yemen
- Move Him Into the Sun A blog devoted to World War 1 war poetry with unusual selections and critical comment. Very generative
- Natasa in Malawi I am enjoying Natasa’s (from Slovenia) coming to terms with life and working for an NGO in Malawi.
- Peace Mapping A really useful site that shows visual ways to re-frame conflict
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- Right Brain Blogger A really interesting insightful blog on creativity and its blocks. Really powerful insights that will help in conflict, especially our internal conflicts
- Roger the Surf Blog on Climate Change from a Skeptics Viewpoint This blog is a monument to Confirmation Bias in the direction of Climate Change Skepticism. That said it has a lot of reference material some peer reviewed and is therefore a useful resource if you can get past the rhetoric of one of my correspondents.
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Ozymandias: King of Kings: Conflict Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
Watching the antics of Rupert Murdoch before the British Parliamentary enquiry into his empire, the role of the Koch Brothers and the Super Pacs in US Politics, and the sheer collective incompetence of the conservative elites, who run much of … Continue reading
Mind the Gap: the Difference Between Productivity and Income Growth in the USA 1945-2010
There is a great post by David Ruccio on the Real World Economics site at http://rwer.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/mind-the-gap-2/ on the massive gap between productivity and income growth in the USA in the period 1975-2010. I am sure this picture would be reflecting … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict History, Conflict Processes, Conflict Statistics, Economic Conflict, US Political Conflict, Ways to handle conflict
Tagged economy, gap between productivity and income in the US 1945-2010, income inequality, income inequality in the united states, Mind the Gap, national income accounts
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Atul Gawande and Checklists as the Solution to Civilization’s Problems
I can’t get enough of Atul Gawande and his approach, so here is his recent TED talk that I think has the most profound implications of any recent TED talk for how we run the world, and tackle our most … Continue reading
Why People Don’t Use Systematic Processes: Top Ten Conflict Tips
There are a wide array of excellent books that suggest good ways to do things like make decisions or handle conflict. But in my experience, even those people who are trained in such approaches, and shown that they can be … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict Processes, Creativity and Conflict, Neuro-science of conflict, PERSONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION: CREATIVE STRATEGIES, Top Ten Conflict Tips from Great Thinkers, Uncategorized, Ways to handle conflict
Tagged Atul Gawande, Check List Manifesto, medicine, systematic conflict processes, systematic processes, top ten conflict tips
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Philip Tetlock’s Top Ten Conflict Tips
I thought it would be fun to take Philip Tetlock’s lessons on accurate expert forecasting from his book ‘Expert Political Judgement’ that I have previously posted about and create another one of our Top Ten Conflict Tips, loosely around the … Continue reading
A Farewell by David Ferry (1924-)
A Farewell Let the day fall like light out of the eye. Out of the ear let its music go. From the touch Let the touching of air retire. Remain in the dark, Dumbly remain in the dark. What will … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict Art, Conflict Poetry
Tagged A Farewell, conflict poetry, David Ferry
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Another Good Reason to Save the Earth
Thanks to our fellow blogger and friend Natasa for this:
Why Are These Students Studying Under Streetlights?
We know so little of other people’s lives, especially other people in different parts of the world. Here is a small insight from an article by Alan Davies from this blog: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2010/07/06/why-are-these-students-studying-under-streetlights/ Thanks to the economist Paul Romer for pointing this … Continue reading
Foxes, Hedgehogs and Forecasting: Philip Tetlock
I like the above diagram from Philip Tetlock’s great book on political forecasting ‘Expert Political Judgment’ which suggests ways we can improve, as well as the factors that damage, our ability to forecast political and other events. It is based … Continue reading
