An Inconsistent Approach to Viewpoint Diversity

If You Want to Win Political Arguments, Stop Being an Asshole

Political persuasion versus the urge to political domination.

Some Things Are Too Important to Let AI Do Them

The Getting Thing Done mindset continues in calls to have AI automate everything important in your life.

Swing Voters Aren't Centrists

But the centrist's fallacy has convinced many political pundits they are.

Why Liberal Libertarians Avoid Social Liberalism

Liberals and libertarians are hesitant to engage in ethical conversations and that hesitancy undermines their own cause.

Liberalism, Virtue, and the Crisis of Young Men

Liberals should stop pretending liberalism is value-free, and instead argue that liberal values are better than the alternatives.

Tribes of the Void: Chapter 1

A serial novel of technology, mystery, and horror.

The Necessary Virtue of Not Being an Asshole

No matter what you tell yourself, you can't be a principled person if you're an asshole.

Why Tech Bros Overestimate AI's Creative Abilities

Silicon Valley's overconfidence in the imminent arrival of Artificial General Intelligence stems from a combination of limited understanding of the humanities, an insular culture, and a business model that incentivizes exaggerated claims about AI's capabilities.

Fight Now, Hope Always

Even as we fight back against illiberalism, we must always be examples of what makes liberalism worth fighting for.

Trump Promised Disaster. His Supporters Didn’t Believe Him.

Many assumed Trump was all talk, but his return to power proves he meant every word.

Reign of the Competency Cosplayers

This is what happens to politics when people want imaginary experts to tell them they're right.

The GOP is now just grifters grifting each other

The GOP has become a political movement of con artists conning each other without realizing they're being conned.

Selling Out vs. Just Selling: The Weirdness of "Content" Monetization

The rise of the personal brand has led to a focus on selling oneself rather than one's creations.

How Buddhist Insights Strengthen Liberalism

Ancient philosophy can show us why liberalism matters, why it works, and why being liberal is a better way to live.

The Emperor's New Annexations: Journalism and the Normalization of Nonsense

Presenting "both sides" of an issue when one side is patently absurd undermines journalistic integrity and normalizes dangerous rhetoric.

Bad Policy Comes from Confusing "Complexity" and "Complication"

If we're going to solve difficult problems, we need to know whether they're just difficult ot understand or entirely unknowable.

The Politics of "Unbiased" Conservative Search Engines

It's impossible to build a search engine that isn't biased and doesn't manipulate results. But it is possible to convince conservatives you can.

Politics as a Tool: Shaping Society for Good

Before we can do politics well, we need to know why we do politics in the first place.

An Introduction to Politics for Good People

A New Framework for Understanding Politics

The Limits of AI Learning: Why Drilling Down Can Lead You Astray

The more you ask follow-up questions, the worse the answers get.

The Shaky Future of Trump's Personality Cult

Given Trump's poor and declining health, we might see the American right dramatically fracture during his second term.