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Navigating the Discourse

Exploring how can you better equip yourself in the jungle of modern-day debate.

The coffee game

The coffee game

What you don’t know, can feel threatening.

Taming Twitter (part 2)

Taming Twitter (part 2)

What I learned from quitting Twitter. And how to get the platform to work for you.

Taming Twitter (part 1)

Taming Twitter (part 1)

On becoming a full-blown addict.

Dangerous ideas

Dangerous ideas

On Alex’s War, and why you should expose yourself to views and people you dislike.

The tug of the tribe

The tug of the tribe

The valuable skill of separating a person from what they create. And getting the vortex of tribalism to work for you.

To see clearly, close your eyes

To see clearly, close your eyes

Immersing yourself in war footage is making you less effective, not more.

How to disagree better

How to disagree better

Make your clashes more productive.

Rage co-opted by the machine

Rage co-opted by the machine

Today we have tools that make everyone an activist. It’s revolutionary. And disempowering.

Pick a side

Pick a side

On taking a stand in polarised times.

No offence

No offence

Generating offence is a weapon of the Establishment – and they’re using it on you. Here’s how to fight back.

Pants on fire in the Wild West

Pants on fire in the Wild West

What to do about lies on the internet.

The billionaire’s gaffe

The billionaire’s gaffe

Lessons from an empathy lapse.

Leave it to the experts?

Leave it to the experts?

The under-reported role of ideological bias, and how to push back against it.

Controversy and deviance

Controversy and deviance

Two COVID revelations show how yesterday’s batshit crazy ideas could be tomorrow’s consensus.

Online public shaming, deconstructed

Online public shaming, deconstructed

The recent surge of social justice activity can help us run better campaigns – if you see it from a practical standpoint.

I’m Mehran Khalili, a political consultant and photographer based in Athens. Get Subvrt — strategy and tactics for movements.