Why can’t we all just get along?

Conflict

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Edit war (Wikipedia article on ‘Love’)

‘Assume good faith’

‘No personal attacks’

‘Stay cool when the editing gets hot’

‘Assume the presence of a belly-button’

Drama

By @utterben: https://twitter.com/utterben/status/187095074792947712/photo/1Another interpretation, by @vivmondo, at: http://twitpic.com/95vnd5

SHUTUPAND

FUCKOFF

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14843549

Bot wars

Conflict can be beneficial…

…or necessary

Do we want a world without conflict?

Naïve optimism?

Conflict causes stress: Wikistress

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”

Voltaire

Possibilianism (n.)

“…emphasizes the exploration of new, unconsidered possibilities. Possibilianism is comfortable holding multiple ideas in mind; it is not interested in committing to any particular story.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology

The personal is politicalPolitics is also interpersonal

What networks / communities are we part of?

To what extent are they bubbles?

We need spaces for dialogue –[inter]personal and political

And, hey kids, just be nice, mmkay?