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  1. Jun 6

    Percent of adults who: "Like the amount of news these days": 38% "Are worn out by the amount of news these days": 68% Interestingly, Republicans are 15% likelier to be worn out than Democrats — another enthusiasm gap.

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  2. Jun 6

    Listening to — Mr. Robot! — narrate the Cryptocurrency "Explained" is such a joy. Every word sounds like a conspiracy. And the bigger question of the episode — can code solve the problem of human trust? — is fascinating.

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  3. Jun 6

    A public defender explains why the vote to recall Brock Turner’s judge isn’t progressive:

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  4. Jun 4

    [arena goes dark] MY GOD THAT’S ’S MUSIC

    Thanks to YouTube’s algorithmic wisdom I keep watching mostly-innocuous Jordan Peterson videos and it’s clear that there’s a huge market for what amounts to fairly banal dating advice and progressives should probably get our own guru.
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  5. Jun 4

    That's why the biggest divergences in factual interpretations come from the best-informed politicos: the more information you search out, the more confirmation you tend to find.

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  6. Jun 4

    Fake news, cynical liars — those are problems, but they're easier problems to solve than the fact that the world is complex, lots of interpretations might be true, and it's easier than ever to find persuasive arguments for why your views are right.

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  7. Jun 4

    If you think Trump is increasing all sorts of tail risk, and passed an unwise tax cut plan, and is starting a dumb trade war, it's not crazy to tell a pollster you're worried about the economy. The folks worried in 2006 look pretty good today., even if they were mocked then.

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  8. Jun 4

    I happened to see this the other day, but it's a perfect illustration of the dynamic in action. Even with a good economy, it is also true that the economy is bad for many, and it's true gas prices are rising.

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  9. Jun 4

    There is this Moynihan line beloved in politics: everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that misses the problem! There are so many facts to go around that everyone can have their own facts, those facts can be true, and they can disagree.

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  10. Jun 4

    One thing gets at in this piece that most treatments miss is one reason partisans disagree about the state of the world is that the world is complex, the future is unpredictable, and many narratives might be true.

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  11. Jun 4

    “Trump’s legal team has taken the position that Trump is perfectly free to launch investigations into anyone he wants, to end any investigations he dislikes, to fire anyone who won’t carry out his wishes, and to pardon anybody at any time.”

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  12. Jun 4

    Partisanship is a helluva drug.

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  13. Jun 1

    The size of the jump here to "creepy surveillance state" is mere inches.

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  14. Jun 1

    We could potentially save more than 700,000 lives every year by genetically modifying mosquitoes to wipe out their ability to spread malaria. Should we? And who should get to decide?

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  15. Jun 1

    If this keeps holding up, it seems like a HUGE deal:

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    Jun 1

    "When one is sick of the mundanity of normal politics, cloaking oneself in the garb of another more exciting era becomes quite appealing."

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  17. Jun 1

    As with so much in the Trump presidency, behind the farce lies who-knows-how-much corruption.

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    Jun 1

    Niall Ferguson’s emails show that the campus free speech fight is really about power

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  19. Jun 1

    In which eloquently makes the case against apocalyptic political punditry:

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    May 31

    The science behind gene drive mosquitos is almost ready. The really hard questions now are political: when do we start using them to wipe out malaria, and who gets to decide?

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