{"product_id":"9781982128586","title":"High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"compulsively readable\" (Evan Osnos, National Book Award-winning author) book from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unthinkable\u003c\/i\u003e and award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley investigating how good people get captured by high conflict-and how they break free.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we are baffled by the insanity of the \"other side\"-in our politics, at work, or at home-it's because we aren't seeing how the conflict itself has taken over. That's what \"high conflict\" does. High conflict is what happens when discord distills into a good-versus-evil kind of feud, the kind with an \u003ci\u003eus \u003c\/i\u003eand a \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e. In this state, the brain behaves differently. We feel increasingly certain of our own superiority, and everything we do to try to end the conflict, usually makes it worse. Eventually, we can start to mimic the behavior of our adversaries, harming what we hold most dear.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOur journey spans California, Chicago, Colombia, New York, and beyond, following people caught in political feuds, gang vendettas, and deep ideological divides as they confront the stories fueling their conflicts and seek a path forward. All these people, in dramatically different situations, were drawn into high conflict by similar forces, including conflict entrepreneurs, humiliation, and false binaries. But ultimately, all of them found ways to transform high conflict into good conflict, the kind that made them better people. They rehumanized and recatego­rized their opponents, and they revived curiosity and wonder, even as they \u003ci\u003econtinued \u003c\/i\u003eto fight for what they knew was right.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePeople \u003ci\u003edo \u003c\/i\u003eescape high conflict. Individuals-even entire communities-can short-circuit the feedback loops of outrage and blame, if they want to. \"Insightful and enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review) High Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e provides a mind-opening new way to think about conflict that will transform how we move through the world.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46513422893297,"sku":"9781982128586","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781982128586_p0.jpg?v=1765418415","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781982128586","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}