Monthly Archives: November 2015

Biases and Heuristics: Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky and Others

Posted on November 30, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom

One of the key perspectives of this blog is that we need to get real about conflict situations and to do this we must know about blind spots in decision making, mostly because of the work of  collaborators Max Bazerman … Continue reading →

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Conflict Humor: On Contradictions in the Conservative Line

Posted on November 22, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom
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Disbelief as Belief: Peter Radford

Posted on November 18, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom

There is a brilliant analysis from Peter Radford in Real World Economics, I post in full because of its importance: Are we at a point of true reflection on the right in politics? Here in the US we have the … Continue reading →

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We Are All Doomed: Not

Posted on November 16, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom

In response to a “we are all doomed” history is all war, conquest, slavery, power etc. hysterical on line posting I posted: History has largely been about trade. War is unsustainable and usually doesn’t last long, and the sustainable relations … Continue reading →

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Button Pushing

Posted on November 12, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom
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Republicans and Post-Modernism

Posted on November 10, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom

Since I first read about it, I have always disliked Post-Modernism, which seems to me to be a late adolescent reaction to the failure of really radical politics, and its replacement by a “one narrative is as good as any … Continue reading →

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War and Peace: Calvin and Hobbes

Posted on November 7, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom
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Super-forecasters by Philip Tetlock

Posted on November 7, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom

I have just finished Philip Tetlock’s fine book about forecasting the future in an intelligent way “Superforecasting: the Art and Science of Prediction”. His keen insights on this subject in his previous book “Expert Political Judgment” suggested that most political … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Baron’s Active Open Mindedness

Posted on November 3, 2015 by creativeconflictwisdom

I can’t find a link to the test to measure this but I like Jonathan Baron’s concept of Active Open Mindedness. The test includes these questions that I like: includes these questions: “People should take into consideration evidence that goes against … Continue reading →

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