169. Can We Disagree Better?
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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.