Bereft of Impartial Arbiters
Brian Stewart
· 5 min read
US Election
A collection of 57 posts
Andrew Yang—Technocratic Populist
Government and policy would be better off if they were presided over and/or dictated by technical experts.
Marshawn Brewer
· 12 min read
In Defense of Andrew Yang's Freedom Dividend
To provide 1000 dollars a month to every American citizen today, the headline cost would be about $2.4 trillion a year.
Samuel Kronen
· 8 min read
The System of Diversity
The Tribe is an articulate, scrupulously fair but nonetheless root-and-branch attack on the ‘system and administration of diversity’, not only in UK Labour but also in other British institutions, including the civil service and the BBC.
Helen Dale
· 18 min read
Living in Parallel Societies
Was that supposed to make them see the error of their ways? Of course not. That’s how you get people to hunker down and reject social change altogether.
Nick Ottens
· 7 min read
A Government of One
One singular fault line that Trump has truly exposed that could genuinely endanger America’s future.
Alistair Penny
· 9 min read
Immanuel Kant's Elitism
The post-truth era is surely a reaction against elitism and supposed experts.
Jacob Phillips
· 9 min read
Serwer Error — Misunderstanding Trump Voters
Serwer's exit poll data misled on Trump voters. Reliable studies show working-class whites backed him, elites didn't.
Zach Goldberg
· 7 min read
Are Trump Voters Irrational?
The value of winning a kayaking trip in a raffle is measured in its consumption utility, not its monetary value.
Keith E. Stanovich
· 26 min read
The Runaway Executive
‘Everyone else has to march up East Street in the heat,’ he’d go on, ‘or make arrangements with my pupil’ (that pupil was me). ‘Why shouldn’t they?’
Helen Dale
· 5 min read
Reassessing Cultural Divisions in the United States
There can be no doubt that the current American political landscape is characterized by polarization and extremism in many forms.
Preston Stovall
· 9 min read
The BuzzFeed Fiasco Shows Us Why Trust in Institutions Is Dying
If this information about an American leader were true, it would be frankly unprecedented. At the same time, the information is also extremely suspect.
Sumantra Maitra
· 6 min read
Donald Trump and the Failure of Mainstream Social Science Part III
However, if we look to other situations I think there is at least grounds for further reflection. Let’s consider two situations.
Uri Harris
· 4 min read
Donald Trump and the Failure of Mainstream Social Science Part II
Large portion of social scientists seem to hold their surprise and perplexity as a badge of honour, rather than as an opportunity to improve their models of human behaviour.
Uri Harris
· 4 min read
Cut Out the "Literally Hitler" Hysteria
Human societies, generally are conservative, and they prefer primarily two things, order and rule of law in society, and the perceived safety of one’s own tribe.
Sumantra Maitra
· 7 min read