Threading the needle between good and evil: Finding a path through our polarized world
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Threading the needle between good and evil: Finding a path through our polarized world
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Organizer Wade Fransson
Threading the needle between good and evil: Finding a path through our polarized world
Business Areas
Government
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Timezone: Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Event date(s): -

Registration ends: Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 PM (1 month 4 weeks from now)

Open: Accepting Speaker Applications Until Wednesday, 30 September, 12:00 AM
Description

Polarization isn't just political anymore. It's relational. It's familial. It's digital.

People aren't looking for another debate. They're looking for a way to stay human while disagreeing. To understand why good people believe terrible things - and why the "other side" isn't a cartoon villain.

Most events about division either:

- Preach to the choir (progressive bubble or conservative bubble)

- Stage cage matches (crossfire debates that reward performance over understanding)

- Offer false unity ("just be nice" with no intellectual substance)

We're doing none of that.

"The space between good and evil is where most of us actually live. Most events pretend that space doesn't exist. We're building a summit entirely inside it."

We believe:

- Polarization is engineered by systems that profit from division. Understanding the machinery is the first step to disarming it.

- Moral certainty is a cognitive trap. The neuroscience of belief means "my side" feels as obvious to me as "your side" feels to you.

- Relationships can survive fundamental disagreement - but only with tools most of us were never taught.

- Evil is usually systemic, not individual. And accountability without dehumanization is possible.

This is for:

The Exhausted Moderate

The Estranged Family Member

The Curious Intellectual

The Faithful Questioner

The Burnt-Out Activist

If any of these resonate with you and if you feel like this is you, then this is the summit for you.