Martin Carcasson

I direct the CSU Center for Public Deliberation, which is a nonpartisan organization focused on improving the quality of public discussion and problem-solving.

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

The 3 fundamental arguments critical to the wicked problems mindset. (new post on the Wicked Problems Mindset page). https://t.co/mOrkBLlTfB

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

Enjoyed my conversation on Democracy Innovators, a Civic Tech podcast out of Europe. Recorded a few weeks ago, but the topic has only become more important across the globe. https://t.co/VnYlDV4GC2

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@matthewgburgess Yes on the backfire. Attacking an authoritarian that primarily uses us/them frames can just play into their frame (performing the role of “them” and strengthening the leader). So a direct attack may not be the best option. Need an alternative narrative.

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@ChrisWillx Our brains prefer simple stories and are problems are complex. Always going to be easier to critize/deconstruct rather than build/reconstruct.

Some interesting things happening now with the Builders Movement (https://t.co/gT8oItTB64) and Levin's A Time to Build book.

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@profgoose @nationaljournal Which clearly sets up clear natural incentives for really high quality engagment and nuanced discussions of complex issues... 🙄

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

Favorite line: "our democracy is not going to be revived by communities of the like-minded working in opposing silos to vanquish each other"

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

Really enjoyed my conversation on Michael's podcast. It focused on something I've been developing for awhile, important both to college campuses and our communities: making some distinctions between the terms debate, dialogue, & deliberation https://t.co/gi9FOpYg8D

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@JohnRWoodJr Curious if you had a chance to read my principled impartiality paper, where I try to articulate the tensions around impartiality/objectivity in our current world. Not sure if I handed you a copy during your visit. https://t.co/IL1wo4q2OP

[Matt Burgess @matthewgburgess]

This is going to be a cool speaker series at @UWyonews! (link below).

We have Nadine Strossen coming Feb 25 to talk about free speech, @mcarcasson coming March 10 to talk about constructive dialogue, and Paul Steinhardt coming April 25 to talk about changing his mind as a researcher--recently challenging the inflationary universe theory he earlier helped to pioneer.

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@andy_matuschak You may be interested but in this book from a friend of mine. @jgastil https://t.co/ZV8o88FyIG

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@12thMan @AggieFootball Was an undergraduate at A&M for all three of these games (including the road trip to Austin in 1992). Aaron Glenn's pick six is probably may favorite sports memory. I was in the endzone with thousands of Aggies as he brought the ball from the opposite side all the way to us.

[CSU Spur @CSUSpur]

“I believe polarization is the No. 1 issue, because when we’re polarized like we are, we’re unable to address the problems at hand.”

“The good news? We’re not nearly as polarized as we think, a lot of it’s manufactured, a lot of it’s fake.”

- Dr. Martín Carcasson

[CSU Spur @CSUSpur]

.@CSULiberalArts professor and founder of the Center for Public Deliberation at @ColoradoStateU Dr. Martín Carcasson brought #WITW2024 home with the final keynote speech, "How Collaboration Can Bring Out the Best in Human Nature."

[CSU Spur @CSUSpur]

Water in the West is in just ✌️ days — we’re pretty excited about it 🎉 We want to thank @SwireCC for being a Content Sponsor of this year’s conversation💧 #WITW2024

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@ProfessaJay Here's my attempt to reimagine civic education in light of what we better understand now about polarization and social psychology. https://t.co/3AyRlulhJ2

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

Enjoyed by conversation with CSU President @CSUAmyParsons and the Straayer Center's @SammyLaw about CSU's democracy efforts for her new Next 150 podcast.

[Amy Parsons @CSUAmyParsons]

With election season right around the corner, there's no better time to feature CSU's civic engagement powerhouse duo Martín Carcasson and Sam Houghteling on episode 5 of The Next 150!

Listen here 🎧 https://t.co/5L8VQyBpJb

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@SalomeSibonex @MichelleLZier Fighting polarizing tactics with polarizing tactics feels really good, but increases polarization, which tends to serve the status quo (because nothing gets done). So if you want to change things, probably need a different tactic.

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@chrisvanderveen You may be interested in this book (by @PaulaL_Ellis, @CUCMCIDean, and Voakes). It does a nice job of capturing both the importance of traditional professional journalism & the potential (& downsides) of citizen journalism. https://t.co/Nw1zP2rwMc

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

@jenmercieca They are Minnesota’s #1 gutter professionals.

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

Will no longer be active on this site. I post most often on linkedin, posting lots of developing ideas for comments and refinement. Connect or follow me there. https://t.co/1HSAvo8M1j

[Martin Carcasson @mcarcasson]

Nice. Be like Brad.

[Kyle Clark @KyleClark]

The viewer who accused us of faking our wildfire live shots wrote back again - and there's a lesson in his response for all of us.