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Remembering Daniel Kahneman: A Mosaic of Memories and Lessons - By Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist
Evan Nesterakbehavioralscientist.orgDaniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, Dies at 82
Jonathan Kandellnytimes.com
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.
Self-report and objective scores.
by @jburnmurdoch... See more
Harvey Mansfield at 93 did a 3-hour interview with no break, sharp as ever.
Here is the final product, a masterclass on Machiavelli: the Anti-Christ.
According to Mansfield, Machiavelli is the very founder of modernity, responsible for establishing the very world you and I live in. He is the... See more
Johnathan Bix.comThe Straussian Moment
gwern.netcrisis of government in
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
monstrous messianic
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Fukuyama was so prescient. In a society with strong rights and material comfort, but light on demanding shared purposes and some degree of sacrifice, thymotic energies go searching. Some quiet into bourgeois hedonism; other will seek “metaphorical wars” and eventually real ones. https://t.co/PfwPxzto4Z