Joseph Thai is a law professor at the University of Oklahoma. He clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens during the October 2000 term. A decade after clerking for Justice Wiley Rutledge during the ...

Conflict and disagreements surround us every day. We can’t turn on the television or engage in social media without seeing disputes of some sort; these often become toxic and unhealthy, with people ...

The world can feel like it’s getting ever-more polarised. Televised debate is shrill. Social media is both siloing us off into echo chambers and creating daily outrages on which instant opinions must ...

In the run-up to the new year, we’re resharing some of our favorite tips from 2025. What to Say When Disagreeing Constructive disagreement can spark creativity, prevent costly errors, and drive better ...

Lucy, a brilliant MIT grad and a fresh-to-the-Valley startup founder attracted conflicts like a magnet. Whether it was her co-founder clashing over business strategies or her partner arguing about ...

Scientists looked into the brains of individuals engaged in conversation. What they observed varied significantly depending on whether or not the participants were in agreement. Yale researchers have ...

Uniting citizens in the United States depends not on having them agree on the major issues, but rather establishing a norm that all disagreement must be accompanied by expressing confirmation of the ...

Life is made up of disagreements large and small, with everyone from your spouse, kids, or parents, to strangers on the street. But perhaps one of the most fraught and stressful situations is when you ...