169. Can We Disagree Better?

Do you suffer from the sin of certainty? How did Angela react when a grad student challenged her research? And can a Heineken commercial strengthen our democracy?

RESOURCES:

• " Disagree Better • ," National Governors Association initiative led by Spencer Cox (2023-2024). • " Cooling Heated Discourse: Conversational Receptiveness Boosts Interpersonal Evaluations and Willingness to Talk • ," by Julia Minson, David Hagmann, and Kara Luo (Preprint, 2023). • " Megastudy Identifying Effective Interventions to Strengthen Americans’ Democratic Attitudes • ," by Jan G. Voelkel, Robb Willer, et al. (Working Paper, 2023). Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together, • by Ian Leslie (2021). • " How to Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground • ," by Julia Dhar ( TED, • 2018). • " From the Fundamental Attribution Error to the Truly Fundamental Attribution Error and Beyond: My Research Journey • ," by Lee Ross ( Perspectives on Psychological Science, • 2018). • " The Humanizing Voice: Speech Reveals, and Text Conceals, a More Thoughtful Mind in the Midst of Disagreement • ," by Juliana Schroeder, Michael Kardas, and Nicholas Epley ( Psychological Science, • 2017). • " Worlds Apart • ," ad by Heineken (2017). • " Gritty Educations • ," by Anindya Kundu ( Virginia Policy Review, • 2014). Thinking, Fast and Slow, • by Daniel Kahneman (2011). • " Experiences of Collaborative Research • ," by Daniel Kahneman ( American Psychologist, • 2003).

EXTRAS:

TikTok with advice from Apple Store employee • (2023). • " Can You Change Your Mind Without Losing Face? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2022). 12 Angry Men, • film (1957).

SOURCES:

Spencer Cox • , governor of Utah and chair of the National Governors Association. Julia Dhar • , managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group. David Hagmann • , professor of management at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Daniel Kahneman • , professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University. Anindya Kundu • , professor of educational leadership at Florida International University. Ian Leslie • , British journalist and author. Kara Luo • , Ph.D. candidate in organizational behavior at Stanford University. Julia Minson • , professor of public policy at Harvard University. Pedro Noguera • , professor of education and dean of the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Jared Polis • , governor of Colorado. Lee Ross • , professor of psychology at Stanford University. Julia Schroeder • , professor of management of organizations at the University of California, Berkeley. Jared Smith • , co-founder of Qualtrics. Anne Treisman • , professor of psychology at Princeton University. Jan Voelkel • , Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Stanford University.