The economic theory behind Trumpism
For more than half a century, the American right has preached the virtues of free markets and low taxes and
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Are we reading Machiavelli wrong?
There are very few philosophers who become part of popular culture, and often, if their ideas become influential, people don’t
Sean Illing
10:20
Did our politics fail us during Covid?
There are lots of stories to tell about the Covid pandemic, but most of them, if you drill down, are
Sean Illing
19:21
The real stakes of the war for your attention
A friend of mine once told me that “You are where your attention is.” That line always stuck with me.
Sean Illing
01:22
Creativity as a spiritual practice
There’s an old saying that “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” It’s intended as a dig at music
Sean Illing
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Yuval Noah Harari on whether democracy and AI can coexist
If the internet age has anything like an ideology, it’s that more information and more data and more openness will
