30 August 2023 A Reminder That Europe Is Poor Arguments about the U.S. versus Europe are almost always confused because they miss a basic fact. Economics, Culture, Government
17 August 2021 Who Is the People? Pt. 2 A short voyage through Arrow's impossibility theorem, and what it means for self-government. Government, Culture, Technology
8 June 2021 Who Is the People? Pt. 1 We're used to lies in politics, but nonsense is another matter, and perhaps the worst gob of nonsense today is our set of beliefs surrounding the People. Government, Culture, Technology
22 February 2021 Level 5 Society Over 200 years of meteoric technological progress seem to have given way to stagnation. Might energy play a part in the story? Technology, Culture, Government
12 February 2021 From the Springfield Lyceum to Birmingham Jail In one of his first published speeches, America's indispensable man warned us about the "mobocratic spirit." Government, Culture
3 February 2021 If 'Did Not Vote' Were a Candidate How would the electoral map look if we measured non-voters as well? And what does it mean for democracy? Government, Culture