Archive - Persuasion

What Being a Digital Nomad Taught Me About the Real World

Reflections on moving from New York to Kyrgyzstan.

7 hrs ago • Sam Kahn

Josh Harder on Why America Needs to Build

In this conversation, recorded at the New Liberal Action Summit organized by the Center for New Liberalism in Washington, D.C., Francis Fukuyama…

12 hrs ago • Francis Fukuyama

30:09

The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: His Life and Ideas

Francis Fukuyama discusses the experiences and individuals that shaped him.

Jul 25 • Yascha Mounk

59:42

This Week at Persuasion

London pub meet next Friday! Plus, a new episode of The Good Fight Club.

Jul 24 • Leonora Barclay

The Rise and Rise of E-Spirituality

Witches, spells, tarot are taking Gen Z by storm.

Jul 24 • Leonora Barclay

What a Teen Social Media Ban Overlooks

Childhood itself has become an incubator for anxiety.

Jul 23 • Tim Requarth

The Misguided Panic About Superintelligence

You can’t ban something that doesn’t exist.

Jul 22 • Jerry Kaplan

How the War Splits Iranians

U.S. attacks are a gift to regime hardliners.

Jul 21 • Mitra Vand

Claude Steele on the Hidden Stress of Diverse Spaces

Yascha Mounk and Claude Steele discuss why diversity can produce anxiety—and how it differs from prejudice.

Jul 21 • Yascha Mounk

1:01:16

Back When Football Was Innocent—And the World, Too

The game of 1970 was nothing like today. That doesn't mean I'll stop watching.

Jul 19 • Quico Toro

The Good Fight Club: Refounding Liberalism, Gen Z's Political Instincts, and a Watergate Ghost Story

Francis Fukuyama, Linda Chavez, and Rachel Janfaza join Yascha Mounk to discuss what a radical liberal agenda might look like today.

Jul 18 • Yascha Mounk

1:00:02

An AI Crash Is a Real Possibility

The industry is badly overleveraged and that's unlikely to change.

Jul 17 • Damon Silvers and Matt Scherer

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