Thoughts for people interested in reducing political toxicity and us-vs-them thinking. By Zachary Elwood, author of "Defusing American Anger" and "How Contempt Destroys Democracy," and host of the psych podcast People Who Read People.
I work on reducing the toxicity of our American political conflict. I’ve written books about this (american-anger.com) and discuss it sometimes on my psychology-focused podcast (behavior-podcast.com).
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I write about the politics of science, technology, and society. Author of The Divide, a book about the decline and revival of democracy.
Philosopher at MIT, trying to convince people that their opponents are more reasonable than they think.