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I'm Rufus Christian, and this is the next big idea.

Today, number 13 in our countdown of last year's most popular bookbites,

the most important, potentially life-changing books of the year.

Number 13 is High Conflict by Amanda Ripley.

What do a gang leader in Chicago and environmental activists in England

and an astronaut floating in space all have in common?

They've all experienced high-conflict.

The kind of disagreement that starts small but quickly becomes all-consuming.

But they also know how to get out of it.

Not by voting friction but by finding ways to fight with dignity,

smarts, and humility.

In her new book High Conflict, why we get trapped and how we get out,

journalist Amanda Ripley tells us how it is that we get stuck in high-conflict situations,

and what we can do to break free. Here's Amanda.

Hi, my name is Amanda Ripley, and I'm a journalist who has spent 20 years investigating human

behavior for Time Magazine, the Atlantic, and other places.

I'm going to share with you five of the big ideas from my newest book,

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