Sublime

‘exploratory social science’.

good government in the future will depend on the quantity and quality of feedback of all kinds.

the mental inertia that John Stuart Mill called the ‘deep slumber of a decided opinion’.

‘exploratory social science’.

good government in the future will depend on the quantity and quality of feedback of all kinds.

Old attitudes and ideas simply aren’t adequate to help us navigate what lies ahead. And pervasive gloom about the future risks being self-fulfilling.

even in places where there’s more optimism, there are fewer signs of social imagination than in the past.

It’s rare for people to develop compelling and coherent ideas on their own. Individuals and teams flourish best in a vibrant milieu that brings together comment and criticism, competition with peers, and the feedback of an informed audience.

Our world is shaped by dominant political imaginaries of which there are relatively few at any point in history.