Politics
The Amazon HQ2 Scramble: The Wrong Kind of Jurisdictional Competition
Cities shouldn't hesitate to enact pro-growth policies, but the Amazon HQ2 scramble was a sham from the start.
The New Liberum Veto
While Poland-Lithuania vanished long ago, its liberum veto has found new life in the urban centers of California.
Media Bias and the Mob
What structural anthropology can tell us about the polarized press.
Epistemology at Scale
The campaign against Brett Kavanaugh was the perfect crime: smuggling empathetic truths into a situation too universal for empathy.
Whigged Out
Technology will determine the politics of the future. This invites a return to impersonal readings of history.
The Conversations that Cryptocurrency Killed
Distributed cryptographic systems have unceremoniously resolved issues that were once endless political tug-of-wars.
Linkola, Montana
Ecofascism, more than any other right-wing movement, is destined for a surge in popularity as environmental collapse draws closer.
The World’s Least Political Courts
Inspiration for insulating your judiciary against mob rule.
Willpower and Will-to-Power
Power has recognized that the anthropological limits of bullshit have been reached and that popular anger is mounting.
The Need for a Philosophy of Data
Mark Zuckerberg types are learning that it is far harder to regain someone’s trust than to lose it.
