Society

Samuel Moyn on Why Old People Are Ruining America

Yascha Mounk and Sam Moyn also discuss whether some people deserve to have more votes than others.

21 hrs ago • Yascha Mounk

1:24:43

Yes, I Will Be Watching Every Minute of FIFA’s $11 Billion Heist

An addict’s love letter to an abomination.

Jun 11 • Quico Toro

Rebecca Haw Allensworth on How Professional Licenses are Rigging the Game for Insiders

Yascha Mounk and Rebecca Haw Allensworth examine how professional licensing has become America’s most important—and most restrictive—regulatory…

Jun 9 • Yascha Mounk

56:23

The West’s Greatest Innovation—An Independent Judiciary

Trump is returning America to the dark days of personalist rule.

Jun 6 • Francis Fukuyama

Steve Stewart-Williams on Sex Differences and Human Nature

Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams examine what science reveals about biological and psychological differences between men and women.

Jun 6 • Yascha Mounk

1:12:32

Goodbye To All That

2010s digital media closes up shop.

Jun 5 • Harry Cheadle

Be Excellent, Not Efficient

What I told this year's graduating class.

May 28 • Eboo Patel

You Can’t Trust Anything Anyone Writes

AI is creating a crisis of authenticity.

May 12 • Talia Barnes

Getting to Denmark

The United States is no longer a high-trust country. We must regain what’s been lost.

May 11 • Francis Fukuyama

They Went Hard Against Woke. And Then… Went Even Harder Against Trump

Don’t blame the free speech crowd for Trump’s assaults on free expression.

Apr 27 • Cathy Young

Want To Save the Humanities? Start Reading

Introducing Persuasion’s “Intellectual Bootcamp.”

Apr 21 • Sam Kahn

Michael Shermer on Truth and Conspiracy

Yascha Mounk and Michael Shermer delve into the art of debunking dangerous ideas without silencing free speech.

Apr 18 • Yascha Mounk

1:04:40

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