Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive biology, social behavior, morality and history.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

How to fix a broken society

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American society is broken in terms of politics. Fortunately, it doesn't have to be so broken like it is now. America can do lots bett...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Can a society be 50% rational about politics?

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In his 2012 book, The Righteous Mind : Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion , social scientist Johnathan Haidt touched on th...
Friday, February 12, 2016

The cognitive biology of empathy and war

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An NPR affiliate, KBPS, broadcast this interview on February 10, 2016 with a cognitive neuroscientist who is working on understanding what ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Objective politics: A short definition

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American politics is mostly subjective and personal to the individual. Both facts and logic are personal too. That's why disagreements b...
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