Archive - Persuasion

The Fallacy Fallacy

Why you shouldn't go looking for faulty reasoning everywhere.

Feb 17 • Maarten Boudry

Jacob Savage on the Costs of the Great Awokening

Yascha Mounk and Jacob Savage discuss how diversity initiatives materially impacted young white men’s professional prospects in media, academia, and…

Feb 17 • Yascha Mounk

58:19

The Humanities Are About to Be Automated

AI can now write convincing academic papers. There’s no more room for denial.

Feb 16 • Yascha Mounk

How To Build An Abundance Movement in Europe

Stagnation has held the continent back for too long.

Feb 16 • Jesper Steenstrup Vogelius

Episode 181: Hélène Landemore on Politics Without Politicians

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST.

Feb 15 • Richard Aldous

28:10

Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies

Yascha Mounk and Daniel Diermeier examine how elite institutions created the backlash that now threatens their future.

Feb 14 • Yascha Mounk

1:09:10

How To Understand Nativism

Global abundance triggers a backlash.

Feb 13 • Sarah Majdov

The Japanese Love Their Prime Minister. This Is Huge

An apolitical nation is genuinely excited about its new leader.

Feb 12 • Quico Toro

This Week At Persuasion

Jung Chang on The Good Fight! Plus, Francis Fukuyama on the space program.

Feb 12 • Leonora Barclay

Achieving Abundance Is Harder Than It Sounds

Much of the left remains committed to scarcity. Here’s how to change the debate.

Feb 11 • michael bennon

The Unexpected Persistence of John Rawls

We walk in the garden of his ideas.

Feb 10 • Joseph Heath

C. Thi Nguyen on Why Measuring Everything Ruins Everything

Yascha Mounk and C. Thi Nguyen examine what happens when life becomes a game—and the game stops being fun.

Feb 10 • Yascha Mounk

1:25:43

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