“An eye-opening analysis of why our politics have become so polarized…. Keith Payne illuminates one of the biggest problems of our time and lights the way toward some promising solutions.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again "Good Reasonable People challenges each of us to drop the weapon of demonization and replace it with something more powerful: a framework for understanding—and for being understood by—people who see the world differently from us." —Margot Lee Shetterly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden FiguresA leading social scientist explains the psychology of our current social divide and how understanding it can help reduce the conflicts it causesThere has been much written about the impact of polarization on elections, political parties, and policy outcomes. But Keith Payne’s goal is more personal: to focus on what our divisions mean for us as individuals, as families, and as communities. The fundamental source of our division is our need to flexibly rationalize ideas in order to see ourselves as good people. It won’t allow us to undo our polarization overnight, but it can give us the tools to stop going around in circles in frustrating arguments.