Robert Wright
Author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, The Evolution of God. Visiting Prof of Science & Religion @UnionSeminary EIC @Bloggingheads @MeaningLifeTV
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No, Yemen’s Houthis actually aren’t Iranian puppets
No, Iran is not the new overlord in Yemen.
The Only Way to End ‘Endless War’
First, America has to give up its pursuit of global dominance.
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Robert Wright
Excellent NYT piece by @stephenwertheim on how to end Endless War. The advent of @QuincyInst, which he co-founded, is the most promising development in the foreign policy think tank world that I can recall.
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Nonzero Newsletter
Politics, psychology and tips on averting the apocalypse.
A war bigger than Mindful Resistance
Welcome to the newsletter formerly known as the Mindful Resistance Newsletter! Actually, this is an abbreviated and somewhat aberrant version of the newsletter, because it’s largely devoted to explaining why the name and other things about the...
Robert Wright
In the first issue of the Nonzero Newsletter I celebrate the firing of John Bolton with the help of game theory. nonzero.substack.com/p/a-war-bigger… pic.twitter.com/s9Lrqai41v
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Immigration, Ethnicity, and Nationalism | Robert Wright & Eric Kaufmann
00:12 Eric’s new book on populism and immigration, Whiteshift 08:12 Why it’s counterproductive to call Trump supporters racist 13:12 Eric’s vision of an Amer...
Feels So Good
Why does pretty much everyone feel that it's good to punish terrorists? Obviously, there are sound practical reasons to punish people who do bad...
Robert Wright
A couple of weeks after 9/11 I wrote a piece for Slate arguing that we shouldn't let our retributive instinct guide our response to the attack. It didn't exactly alter the course of history, but I think it holds up reasonably well
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Death and the Self | Robert Wright & Nina Strohminger [The Wright Show]
4:17 Nina’s research on how we understand the self 10:19 The traits that make your self yourself 16:34 Buddhism and the continuity of self through time 22:08...
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Really enjoyed talking to psychologist @NinaStrohminger about her work on how conceptions of the self relate to fear of death. You can watch on @MeaningLifeTV -- youtube.com/watch?v=44Yy7M… -- or listen on The Wright Show podcast.
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The Koch Foundation Is Trying to Reshape Foreign Policy. With Liberal Allies.
Charles Koch has spent a fortune pushing the American government to the right. Now his foundation is promoting a vision of U.S. power shared by many progressives: restraint.
Bedbugs and Great Power Politics | Daniel Bessner & Eli Lake
0:52 The Bret Stephens bedbug affair 10:01 Eli: Stephens should be praised for going after both Trump and the left 17:14 Daniel: Twitter is toxic but democra...
The Wright Show: The Life and Times of Glenn Loury (Robert Wright & Glenn Loury) on Apple Podcasts
Show The Wright Show, Ep The Life and Times of Glenn Loury (Robert Wright & Glenn Loury) - Sep 6, 2019
The Life and Times of Glenn Loury | Robert Wright & Glenn Loury [The Wright Show]
3:29 Glenn wrestles with the problem of self-regard as he writes his memoir 10:52 “I was a liberal before I was a conservative before I was a liberal before ...
Quantum Physics and Social Science | Robert Wright & Alexander Wendt [The Wright Show]
00:47 Why Alex shifted from international relations to quantum physics 05:44 Alex: “We are walking wave functions” 15:51 Do the origins of consciousness and ...
Feminine Chaos | Robert Wright, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, & Kat Rosenfield [The Wright Show]
1:14 The origins of Kat and Phoebe’s podcast, Feminine Chaos 7:27 The various strands of contemporary feminism 11:51 Are all elite women feminists now? 16:37...
Robert Wright
I got a much-needed tutorial on contemporary feminism from @tweetertation & @katrosenfield, hosts of the @bloggingheads show Feminine Chaos. You can watch on bloggingheads- youtube.com/watch?v=rJcSoq… -or listen on The Wright Show podcast.
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Against Freud | John Horgan & Frederick Crews
0:05 How Frederick became a Freudian and then an anti-Freudian 14:46 Frederick: Psychoanalysis is the Metamucil of the intellectuals 21:43 The politics of an...
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Robert Wright
This @MeaningLifeTV conversation between @horganism and the eminent Freud critic Frederick Crews is great.
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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Walsh announces GOP primary challenge against Trump
Conservative firebrand former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh announced Sunday in an exclusive interview with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos.
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Robert Wright
So the new intraparty challenge to Trump comes from a guy who's still muttering that Obama's a Muslim. I wouldn't call that a big step forward for the GOP.
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The Politics of Resentment | Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama [The Wright Show]
0:23 Revisiting Frank’s famous essay “The End of History?” 30 years later 10:18 The connection among dignity, identity, and population density 16:50 Frank: A...
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Robert Wright
I had a great time talking to @FukuyamaFrancis about his latest book, Identity, and related matters--e.g., Trump & the Dem presidential candidates. You can watch on @bloggingheads -- youtube.com/watch?v=flbNV0… -- or listen on The Wright Show podcast.
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NYT Reporter Solicited $30K for Charity From Epstein
Sources tell The Daily Beast that Landon Thomas Jr. was “pushed out” after confessing he was friends with the sexual predator.
Robert Wright
That 2008 NYT puff piece about Jeffrey Epstein is really something. It would be a disgrace even if the reporter who wrote it *hadn't* later solicited a $30K donation from Epstein. ( thedailybeast.com/new-york-times… ) pic.twitter.com/ULUjFgSolA
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