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- 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
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- Jerome Slater Really interesting Middle East expert and blogger with a mind of his own
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- 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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Category Archives: Neuro-science of conflict
The US Republican Party: Wilfull Blindness All the Way Down
I am reading Margaret Hefferman’s interesting book ‘Willful Blindness’. She shows how the concept that was invented in 19th century English law to cover situations where for example you carry a suitcase with unknown contents for a lot of money … Continue reading
Conservative Fear, Beliefs and Climate Change
Looking at conservative reaction to climate change analytically. I am reading Rebecca Costa’s interesting book ‘The Watchman’s Rattle’. She suggests that societies collapse when their complexity exceeds the current state of the evolution of the human brain to handle complexity, … Continue reading
Empathy: the Mark of a Tough Minded Intelligence
Empathy often gets a bad rap in conflict. Especially, I understand from post-colonialists. It sounds like weakness. But having spent my life as a conflict professional, I have found that empathetic understanding of the other side in conflict is essential … Continue reading
Negotiating with Sociopaths and Corporations Too: Top Ten Conflict Tips
Our correspondent @Louploup responding to our piece yesterday ‘Negotiating with Narcissists’, asked for our take on negotiating with sociopaths, some of whom, while clearly not people in other respects, are corporations. So here goes. Anti-social Personality Disorder aka Sociopathy A … Continue reading
Negotiating with Narcissists
I was teaching conflict last week and someone in the audience asked me how she should deal with her extremely narcissistical boss. I told her that where possible one should avoid conflict with extreme narcissists and sociopaths. Some conflicts are … Continue reading
The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior. Well I never…
Good piece in today’s Real World Economics telling us what we always suspected: http://rwer.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/the-upper-class-has-a-higher-propensity-for-unethical-behavior/ The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street” – … Continue reading
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Sam Keen’s Insights on the Unconscious and Religion
My friend John F has directed me to the work of Sam Keen on matter’s related to the extent to which we are driven by our unconscious brain systems, the stories we have installed in us about reality and how … Continue reading
The Real Problem with Psychotherapy
‘The really appalling problem with psychotherapy is that, as it proceeds, you become increasingly unable to blame your negative mood or mental state on others and have to take responsibility for it. This really sucks.’ Anonymous patient of a psychotherapist … Continue reading
Conservative Hostility, Hysteria, and Personal Construct Theory
I have always found George Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory on how we see and construe the world, interesting. I particularly like his specialized definition of hostility: Hostility is the continued effort to extort validational evidence in favor of a type … Continue reading
Confirmation Bias and Climate Change
Someone just asked my conflict favourite question: ‘What would it take to change your mind?’ It was in an excellent article by Tom Chivers in yesterday’s UK Daily Telegraph. Read it. It might change your mind but remember the impact … Continue reading
