Jürgen Habermas, “a rationalist when it was unfashionable to be one,” died last month. He was 96... Foreign Policy... Jan-Werner Müller... Matt McManus... Cass Sunstein... Nancy Fraser... Alexander C. Karp...

Jürgen Habermas, “a rationalist when it was unfashionable to be one,” died last month. He was 96... Foreign Policy... Jan-Werner Müller... Matt McManus... Cass Sunstein... Nancy Fraser... Alexander C.

Against The Concept Of Telescopic Altruism

Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten: “Telescopic altruism” is a supposed tendency for some people to ignore those close to them in favor of those further away. Like its cousin “virtue signaling”, it u

How Elon Musk is reshaping the world

Christopher Webb in The Guardian: Genius industrialist or clownish conman, humanity’s saviour from a rapidly crumbling planet or rabid social media troll – the verdicts on the world’s richest person v

Think Tanks Have Defeated Democracy

Think tanks and nonprofit advocacy have replaced citizen-driven political parties. Voters have lost their voice as a result. Think Tanks Have Defeated Democracy appeared first on Palladium.

Open Thread #3

Well, I’m back from my west coast trip, but I came home totally sick, the SSL cert for KDO wasn’t automatically renewed1 so the site was down for several hours this morning, and my car has decided it’

My new podcast

Watch the official trailer for The Argument — a new podcast cohosted by Jerusalem Demsas and me.

Closed on Sundays

Rob Weychert closed his site this past Sunday, inspired by Sticker Ninja (one of the good sticker manufacturers of the world) and a goal to spend a day away from screens. I quite love this notion. (A

The War on Iran Is More Expensive Than You Think

In the first two weeks of its war on Iran, the US spent an estimated $2.1 billion a day. It’s no wonder Donald Trump is saying that the cost of war means the federal government can’t afford to spend m

Bottom Fishing

There are a lot of well-known stocks in the midst of large drawdowns. The post Bottom Fishing appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...

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