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 science, social behavior, morality and history.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Dissident Politics: February and March 2016

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Instead of posting here, DP has been engaging at the Disqus, mostly at the politics channel Harlan's Place over the last couple of mont...

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...

Monday, February 8, 2016

Is evidence-based politics possible?

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If one asks conservatives, liberals and others if their personal politics and policy choices are mostly rational and evidence-based, most (m...

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