About this episode

The episode discusses the launch of the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement at Northwestern University, focusing on fostering open-mindedness and collaboration despite disagreements.

Northwestern University just launched the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement, a real-world institution devoted to "research-backed approaches to cultivating open-mindedness, identifying one’s own cognitive biases, working collaboratively with others despite disagreement and more."

People in this episode

Host: You Are Not So Smart

Topics covered

• open-mindedness
• cognitive biases
• collaboration
• disagreement
• research

Keywords

• enlightened disagreement
• cognitive biases
• open-mindedness
• collaboration
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northwestern University, Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement

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