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By Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, The Center for Humane Technology

What Is Civil War in the Digital Age? β€” with Barbara F. Walter

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Published April 21, 2022 3:00am

Civil war might be the most likely escalation pathway towards disaster for our country. On the flip side, learning how to avoid civil conflict β€” and more ambitiously, repair our civic fabric β€” might have the greatest leverage for addressing the challenges we face.

Our guest Barbara F. Walter is ​​one of the world's leading experts on civil wars, political violence, and terrorism. She’s the author of How Civil Wars Start: And How To Stop Them, which provides insight into the drivers of civil war, how social media fuels conflict, and how we might repair our broken democracies.Β 

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