<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Two people in conflict form a coupled system.... > Two people in conflict form a coupled system. Neither person completely controls the other, yet each becomes part of the environment to which the other is adapting, which means an intervention in one side can change the trajectory of the whole interaction. **Source:** [[livestreams/How Social Posture Escalates Conflict - Workbook|How Social Posture Escalates Conflict]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Two people in conflict form a coupled system. Neither person completely controls the other, yet each becomes part of the environment to which the other is adapting, which means an intervention in one side can change the trajectory of the whole interaction.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-people-conflict-form-trajectory-whole-interaction ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->