Primer: How to argue the other side first
Before an Agora, a citizen should be able to state the strongest version of the opposing argument without sarcasm or caricature.
Research
Research foundations for human reconnection.
Polis is built from third-place theory, weak-tie network science, sortition practice, civic privacy, and older traditions of shared reading and disciplined disagreement.
Primer: Disagreement without performance
The room is designed for changed minds, not public victory. No recording, no clipping, no audience reward.
Weak ties
Serendipity depends on new bridges across ordinary life, not on making existing circles louder.