Why is Incompetent Leadership Rewarded?
Hot air rises—and so, unfortunately, do many of the aspiring leaders who spout it. Why do we continue to mistake confidence for competence, and what should we be doing differently?
Protests and Solidarity
“There is something called the wisdom of crowds … “ Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid at Wisdom of Crowds: Pro-Palestine protests have spread to college campuses across the country. Our
The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans
Razib Khan at Unsupervised Learning: On this episode, Razib talks about the April 2024 preprint The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans. The blockbuster publication introduces nearly 300 new ancient DNA
Nicole Avant on Why She Forgave Her Mother’s Murderer
The former U.S. ambassador and daughter of the music industry’s ‘Black Godfather’ discusses grief, grace, and her radical response to a shocking crime. Bari Weiss at The Free Press: On
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How to Disagree Without Compromise
A Podcast at Wisdom of Crowds: Many attempts have been made to deal with polarization. A lot of it has to do with putting people with diverging perspectives face-to-face in
The New World (Dis)order
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a bipolar new world order amid disorder, and shared with few observers, analysts for their views.
“Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States”
Nicholas Gordan with the author John Zubrzycki: Post-independence India had a big problem–about 40% of its land wasn’t, well, India. Instead, this land was in the hands of the princely
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