Better Conflict with Jonathan Stray
American society seems to be devolving into two bitterly opposed and diametrically polarized camps. Not just around politics, but around culture as well.
Jonathan Stray studies conflict, and tries to identify ways in which we can learn to conflict with each other more productively. He is a researcher at the Center for Human Compatible AI at the University of California Berkeley, where his work looks at a range of scientific and academic study of conflict and online behaviors.
He talks with Dave about his work, why Americans are so divided, and what we might do about it. They also discuss…
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