Peter Clarke

Peter Clarke is a writer in San Francisco with a BA in psychology and a JD in intellectual property law.

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The Metamodern Shift in the Culture Wars

Metamodernism conveys the experience of living in a world in which we feel comfortable oscillating between different perspectives.

Peter Clarke

20 Mar 2024 · 6 min read

Can California Change?—An Interview with Michael Shellenberger

In October 2021, environmentalist activist and author Michael Shellenberger published his bestselling book San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. He is now campaigning to be the next governor of California on an independent ticket and a platform that promises to address the crises he identified in that book—a homeless

Peter Clarke

13 May 2022 · 10 min read

Culture War Churn and the YouTube Rabbit-Hole

The YouTube-rabbit-hole phenomenon will undoubtedly continue to radicalize certain individuals. But give it time, let the churn machine keep churning.

Peter Clarke

17 Jul 2019 · 7 min read

A New Kind of Economy—An Interview with Andrew Yang

His campaign focuses on solving the problem of job losses to automation—an issue many politicians seem happy to ignore.

Peter Clarke

6 Oct 2018 · 17 min read

Why Politics Needs the Futuristic Perspective

What if all the Trump voters weren’t scared of immigrants taking their jobs, but instead were scared of robots taking their jobs (a much more likely scenario)?

Peter Clarke

20 Aug 2018 · 5 min read