Open Discussion

Open thread: where has disagreement gone well for you?

On the idea: Can disagreement be made productive at scale?

Opening note

Concrete cases only, please. No theories of the internet.

NSNoémie SimardOpened 11 Jun 2026

Participants: Noémie Simard, Rosalind Grant, Ouattara Bamadou, Amara Moyo, Lian Chen

Evidence on the table

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OBOuattara Bamadou12 Jun 2026

A WhatsApp group of eleven economists in Abidjan, running six years. What makes it work is that everyone will meet everyone else again, in person, within the month.

RGRosalind Grant13 Jun 2026

Peer review, occasionally — specifically double-blind review with a named editor who arbitrates. The arbitration is doing most of the work, not the anonymity.

Have it argued against before you post.