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Nick Gillespie at Reason: In March, Reason‘s Nick Gillespie talked with one of the great pioneers of podcasting:Dan Carlin, the host of Hardcore History. Carlin’s deeply researched and urgently delivered takes on
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From Wisdom of Crowds: Institutions in decay: In the past, Ezra Klein argues, American political parties “were a bulwark against politics becoming about one person.” What we’re seeing today is
Marilynne Robinson in the NY Review of Books: Some years ago I spoke at a conservative church in northern Michigan. I talked about military-style guns and the culture of fear
The following is a brief segment of a lecture Alan Watts gave on The Psychedelic Experience: In a way, all consciousness-expanding drugs have something to do with death. Why? Because
Sam Alma at Aeon Magazine: You are standing on a boat that is drifting down a placid river. You watch the trees on the shore glide along. For a moment,
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The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump: It would be absurd to pretend that President Joe Biden had a good debate last night. I was there — he did
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By Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: About halfway through Thursday night’s presidential debate, the moderators asked former President Donald Trump about Jan. 6. Amid all the focus on
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Yascha Mounk at Persuasion: America is in deep, deep trouble. Before Thursday’s debate, the leading contender to win the upcoming presidential election was already Donald Trump, a man whose first stint
by Shayla Love at Psyche: It’s Friday night. You’re sitting down to dinner with your best friend, with no limit on your time together. What do you talk about? It’s
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Sveta McShane in Singularity Hub: Over the last several decades, the digital revolution has changed nearly every aspect of our lives. The pace of progress in computers has been accelerating, and
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Tom Gardner in The Guardian: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t know anything about Abiy Ahmed.” The message flashed up from someone I had been told to call Napoleon. It was the
Continue readingFrom Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War: How Ethiopia’s Leader Beguiled the World
“From studying 50-plus civil wars and revolutions, it became clear that the single most reliable leading indicator of civil war or revolution is bankrupt government finances combined with big wealth