How ‘Being Animal’ Could Help Us Be Better Humans
One of the oldest human ideas is that we are somehow different from animals, somehow superior to them. That’s a mistake, argues the environmental philosopher Melanie Challenger. “Many of the things we...
27 Jun 202342min
Why This Economist Wants to Give Every Poor Child $50,000
“Wealth is the paramount indicator of economic prosperity and well-being,” says the economist Darrick Hamilton. He’s right. Policy analysis tends to focus on income, but it is wealth that often determ...
23 Jun 202352min
What the Heck Is Going on With These U.F.O. Stories?
Earlier this month, a news outlet called The Debrief published a story that included, to put it mildly, some explosive material.The story, reported by Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal, centered on Dav...
20 Jun 20231h 11min
Why Do So Few Democrats Want Biden to Run in 2024?
A recent AP-NORC poll found that just a quarter of voters, including only around half of Democrats, want to see Joe Biden run for president again. Many voters are concerned about his age in particular...
16 Jun 20231h 2min
What We Learned Reading Ron DeSantis's Books
Although 12 candidates have entered the Republican presidential race so far, only Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is polling anywhere close to Donald Trump. What does DeSantis actually believe? How has h...
13 Jun 20231h 5min
What Communes and Other Radical Experiments in Living Together Reveal
“Today’s future-positive writers critique our economies while largely seeming to ignore that anything might be amiss in our private lives,” writes Kristen Ghodsee. Even our most ambitious visions of u...
9 Jun 20231h 10min
The Book I Wish Every Policymaker Would Read
My pitch for this episode is simple: Jennifer Pahlka has written one of the best policy books I’ve ever read.Pahlka served as deputy chief technology officer in the Obama White House, and she’s the fo...
6 Jun 20231h 13min
Beyond the ‘Matrix’ Theory of the Mind
Some thoughts on how humans think, how economies grow and why the technologies we think will help so often hurt.Column:“Beyond the ‘Matrix’ Theory of the Mind” by Ezra KleinEpisode Recommendations:Mar...
4 Jun 202318min
