The Certainty Trap
Ilana RedstoneThe Certainty Trap is for anyone whose concerns about the state of political polarization exceed their need to feel virtuous or superior.
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Many of the Problems AI Creates for Democracy Can Be Solved With This Basic Change
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The most commonly voiced worries about AI and democracy tend to go something like this: AI will flood the information environment with deepfakes, bot swarms, and micro-targeted manipulation. Voters won...
I Built a Claude Project to Map Where Arguments Diverge. I Tested It on a NYT Op-Ed.
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I created a Claude project that draws upon my work to surface the assumptions behind politically contested/contestable claims. This morning, I tested it on a NYT op-ed titled “The Town That Reveals All of Trump...
The Democratic Case Against the Term "Far-Right"
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This morning I read a New York Times piece about Pierre-Édouard Stérin. I’d never heard of him before. Apparently, he’s a French billionaire funding candidates and think tanks to make France, in his wo...
This Post Won't Save the World
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A colleague emailed me this week; someone I hadn’t heard from in a while. He was curious if I’d written anything about Iran (I hadn’t). He told me he has students serving in the military. That he’s scared....
For Whoever Comes Looking.
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What I’m about to say won’t satisfy anyone. I’m going to say it anyway.
Two people have been killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. One an ICU nurse, another shot in her car. Protests have nearly sh...
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