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Disruption without alternatives causes retreat

When you change a working system of coordination, things get worse before they get better, so you cannot just be a disruptor; you must offer a different alternative people can move toward, because without one they will be stuck or retreat — which partly explains current polarization as people back away from a frightening, unknown tipping point.

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Speaker

Sally Haslanger

Evidence Quote

you have to have a different alternative that people can begin to move toward, because otherwise, they're not gonna move; they're gonna be stuck.

Source

182 | Sally Haslanger on Social Construction and Critical TheorySean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:30:09 AM

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