- Conflict can be both good and bad. High conflict is a specific subset of conflict that's defined as a very us vs them situation where it is not leading to anything productive and creates a vicious cycle. We see high conflict around us a lot particularly in political discourse. - [[HEAR - How to Disagree Better]] might be a good way to disagree and prevent High Conflict situations - It's important to identify if you're in high conflict. These are some tell tale signs - do you have schadenfreude with the other group - do you feel uncomfortable acknowledging something nice they did for you - do you feel they're brainwashed - High conflict typically occurs when there are in and out groups. One of the ways to get past is to create collectivist cultures like the Bahai religion. Another way is to scramble groups like with [[Ranked Voting]] ---- #curiousminds 189: Amanda Ripley on Breaking Free from High Conflict