When we try to understand someone else's opinions in their most reasonable form, we are immediately engaged in a more ...

As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

The holidays bring joy, food, family, and sometimes tough conversations. It can feel impossible to talk across divides right now, but social science offers tools that actually help. I use a simple ...

How do you have meaningful conversations with people whom you deeply disagree with on a personal level? A recent Pew research study determined Americans are more divided today than at any point in our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rajiv Vinnakota is president of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...