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Growing Out of America’s
Divided Culture

Check out the text and slides from Steve McIntosh’s Keystone College lecture on a “new politics of culture” that can overcome America’s bitterly divided political condition:
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Political Polarization Test
to Depolarize Your Thinking

In connection with ICE's political polarization campaign
this website now includes a "Polarization Test" designed
to help depolarize your thinking. This 2 minute test demon-
strates some of the ideas described in our accompanying
whitepaper: Depolarizing the American Mind. Take the test
Worldview Questionnaire:
What Are Your Values?
ICE Essay: Appreciating
the Upside of Nationalism

ICE President Steve McIntosh’s four
page essay, "Appreciating the Upside
of Nationalism,” argues that globalism
and nationalism are interdependent
ideals. He accordingly considers the
positive and enduring features of
nationalism that all Americans can endorse.
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McIntosh Op-Ed on:
A New Politcal Center

ICE President
Steve McIntosh
responds to David
Brooks recent
ideas on centrism
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ICE Article: Why Centrism
Fails and How We Can Better
Achieve Political Cooperation

This 12 page article by Steve McIntosh argues for a ‘higher form of centrism’ that can integrate and harmonize the full spectrum of positive American values. Read more ...
NPR Interviews McIntosh On
Polarization, Features Test
ICE Whitepaper: Overcoming
Polarization by Evolving

In order to grow out of the problem of hyper-partisan polarization, both sides of the American political divide will need to evolve into more mature versions of themselves. This paper accordingly describes a more evolved ‘future right’ and ‘future left.’ Read more ...

The Institute for Cultural Evolution (ICE) is a 501c3 “integral think tank” focusing on the cultural roots of America’s challenges. Our mission is to help create political evolution in America. Toward this end we are working to overcome the problem of hyper-partisan polarization by evolving the political positions of both the Right and the Left according to their own values and strengths. Through invitational conclaves and influential publications, we endeavor to increase the scope of what people are able to value. The ICE team consists of “philosophical activists” who are applying groundbreaking insights from Integral philosophy and developmental psychology to help bring about cultural and political progress.