My take: Using Berger & Luckmann we can helpfully synthesize poli sci results on affect polarization + partisan media/internet/social-media. also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur or, notes to self from another planet
good stuff
Melanie MitchellI recommend this article about AI reasoning, where the author lets us in on his struggles w/ AI cognitive dissonance. Plus some priceless quotes from @rao2z.bsky.social. (My recommendation has *nothing* to do with the fact that I'm quoted in it too 😇) www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-reason...
very interesting survey on the vexed question of paleolithic violence from Thomson and Halstead violencetrends.substack.com/p/violence-b...
Violence Before Agriculture: SummaryThis is a summary of a report on trends in violence since the dawn of humanity: from the hunter-gatherer period to the present day. The full report is available here. This research was carried out for...violencetrends.substack.comwe are entering a new phase of greater symmetry where run of the mill Ds are for maximal hardball bc they are 100% sure the oppo is trying to destroy the republic.
AcynKamala Harris: I know this is going to be controversial coming from me in particular, we need to revisit the electoral college. We need to revisit the point of expanding the court. We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
the simple fact is i loved the Rockford shows growing up. turns out Voegelin was a fan as well, fwiw. seems like a pointless item of taste, but maybe there is something there in the tired cynicism re praxis.
Michael WarburtonI’d had the good fortune to have known and/or worked with this guy, I know I’d have loved him either way. He was just too nice, too professional & too talented for me not to have done. JAMES GARNER
nice thread on losing moorings. i think there are many out there with similar experiences of the current crisis.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret DevereauxSo I went into this a bit ago (acoup.blog/2024/07/05/c...), but I'd characterize myself as a 'right-liberal' by which I mean kind of a 'Burkean' liberal. I agree with the fundamental ideas of liberalism - those self-evidence truths - but am cautious about radical change and the size of government.