Read by Adam Marsden

Buy now to get the main key ideas from Amanda Ripley's High Conflict There exist two types of conflict, one good and one bad. In today's times, we are experiencing far more of the latter in everyday life. As Amanda Ripley explains in High Conflict (2021), good, healthy conflict allows us to make progress. There is general respect and understanding on both sides, and each side has a certain curiosity about the other. High conflict is the bad type of conflict; it is stagnant, polarizing, extremely toxic, and very easy to fall into. This kind of conflict involves no attempt at listening, let alone understanding, each other. It involves a lot of "us" versus "them" language, and is what allows such conflicts as gang wars and political stalemates to continue on for many years, with no hope of resolution

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