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.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

How terrorists are made

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In the last decade or so, social science has focused attention on the question of how terrorism arises and sustains itself. Although resear...

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Book review: Democracy for Realists

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A recently published book, Democracy For Realists : Why Elections Do not Produce Responsive Governments (Christopher H. Achen and Larry M...

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 ...

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