2011 marked a decade since the United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2001 as the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. At the same time, 2011 also represented the tenth ...

A front view close up of the marble statue of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, located outside the Academy of Athens. The statue was completed in 1885 by Leonidas Drosis. A few thousand years from ...

When I went to the University of Southern California for my MFA in screenwriting, I took a one-hour TV drama course for my thesis. My thesis adviser said there were three types of TV writers: “big ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Ten years ago, the Harvard Business Review reported that incivility in the workplace was on ...

Geoffrey M Rockwell receives funding from the University of Alberta, the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of ...

Just over one month into 2021, political polarization and tensions in America have reached a new high. In this environment, is it possible to have constructive conversations with family, friends and ...

Describing America as “polarized” is like saying “water is wet.” Our political moment is clearly fractured and scalded by resurgent populism, rising inequality and fervent nationalism. We debate ...

What is dialogue? Why is there dialogue? When does one engage in dialogue? On what grounds is dialogue justified? On what topic does one dialogue? How does one dialogue? What is the purpose or end of ...

Although the conference was called to chart the country’s future, the Kurdish-led militia that controls much of Syria’s northeast was not invited. By Raja Abdulrahim and Euan Ward Reporting from ...

Out of all the corny fantasies about video games, the last imitation I expected to manifest in my adult life was dialogue trees. I say this hesitantly as I find that reducing the human experience to ...