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A stunning essay in the FT on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things.
It began or accelerated in the early 2010s.
It's hitting teens AND adults.
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by @jburnmurdoch... See more
A Theory of Dumb
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Democracy, Journalism, and Monopoly: How to Fund Independent News Media in the 21st Century
Analyzes America's media crisis caused by digital monopolies, detailing historic government regulation supporting free speech and advertising-funded journalism, and proposes updated competition policies to restore independent, democratic news markets.
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Ok. So I study authoritarian regimes for a living. I spend most of my time thinking about how Russia's dictatorship works. But one of my personal side-projects involves looking at authoritarian theorists closer to home. The most prominent by far is Curtis Yarvin. https://t.co/LnkVPpyydL
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mercatus.orgReign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
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I want to briefly talk about one of my favorite papers and how it relates to the U.S. election.
Short version: It's the predistribution, stupid https://t.co/NvPy3OGHAM