# There are three sides to every argument

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Joan C. Williams]]
- Full Title: There are three sides to every argument
- Category: #articles
- URL: http://ideas.ted.com/there-are-three-sides-to-every-argument

## Highlights
- We tend to see conflict as two-sided, and we frequently fail to see there is always a third side.
- We tend to see conflict as two-sided: labor versus management, husband versus wife, or Republicans versus Democrats. And what we frequently fail to see is there is always a third side: it’s us, the surrounding community, the friends, allies, family members, neighbors.
- A struggle is going on between our technological genius for destruction and our social genius for cooperation and coexistence.
- In a world where fear of strangers is on the rise, that’s what this most unlikely of paths is all about: building human connection and transforming fear into hope.
- The secret to peace is us, and each of us can take a single step to bring the world a step closer to peace.