Jan 29, 2020
In his new
book,
Ezra Klein argues that polarization in
America has become centered on partisan political identities, which
has subsumed virtually every form of identity, be it where we live,
what team we root for, the church we attend, or any other. This
stacked form of polarization thus carries much more weight
and...
Jan 15, 2020
When Reid Hoffman
creates a handle for some new network or system, his usual choice
is “Quixotic.”
At an
early age, his love of tabletop games inspired him to think of
life as a heroic journey, where people come together in order to
accomplish lofty
things. This framing also
prompted him to consider the rules
and...
Jan 8, 2020
This bonus episode features audio from the Holberg Debate in Bergen, Norway between Tyler and Slavoj Žižek held on December 7, 2019. They discuss the reasons Slavoj (still) considers himself a Communist, why he calls The Handmaid’s Tale “nostalgia for the present,” what he likes about Greta Thunberg, what Marx...