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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Bloggingheads.tv
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Robert Wright
I had a great conversation with @samuelmoyn about the search for a progressive foreign policy vision (including Bernie's version of the vision). You can watch on @bloggingheads - bloggingheads.tv/videos/55751?i… - or listen on The Wright Show podcast.
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A New Progressive Foreign Policy | Robert Wright & Samuel Moyn
1:20 Is Bernie Sanders the standard bearer for a new progressive foreign policy? 8:20 American warfare today: drones and special forces—lots of them 17:02 Sa...
Why Bernie Sanders Should Promise to Serve Only One Term as President
A one-term pledge could stave off critics who say Bernie Sanders is too old — and allow him to focus on passing bold policies without worry of re-election.
The Ezra Klein Show
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How Does a Straight White Male Democrat Run for President?
Very carefully.
Issue #62: Feb 10–16, 2019
In this week’s MRN, we (1) examine the Trump administration’s use of suffering as a policy tool; (2) ask whether we should welcome our new robot overlords; (3) try to get you to eagerly await the publication of our guide to using social media...
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Robert Wright
This week's Mindful Resistance Newsletter is out! And I've decided to declare it an emergency edition, so you're compelled to divert time from other activities to read it.
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Robert Wright
In this week's Mindful Resistance Newsletter I wrote about Trump's use of human suffering as a policy tool: mindfulresistance.net/2019/02/16/iss… (Plus, there's the rest of the newsletter: mindfulresistance.net/2019/02/16/iss… ) pic.twitter.com/uusNzdukzq
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Robert Wright
In this week's Mindful Resistance Newsletter I wrote about Trump's use of human suffering as a policy tool: mindfulresistance.net/2019/02/16/iss… (Plus, there's the rest of the newsletter: mindfulresistance.net/2019/02/16/iss… ) pic.twitter.com/uusNzdukzq
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“A Night at the Garden” Is the Most Terrifying Movie You Can Watch This Halloween
This new documentary about a Nazi rally in New York City in 1939 lasts just six minutes. But if you truly see it, your fear will continue long afterward.
Bill Weld Will Challenge Trump for 2020 Republican Nomination
Mr. Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts, is unlikely to pose a major threat to Trump and he is in some ways an incongruous figure to leap into the Republican presidential fray.
Robert Wright
One thing Weld has going for him: Trump won't be able to resist attacking him and so will give him lots of free publicity.
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Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal Income Taxes
Amazon, the ubiquitous purveyor of two-day delivery of just about everything, nearly doubled its profits to $11.2 billion in 2018 from $5.6 billion the previous year and, once again, didn’t pay a single cent of federal income taxes.
Robert Wright
Well then by all means let's shower them in government subsidies for the honor of their presence.
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Populism and the Green New Deal | Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis [The DMZ]
2:01 A relic from Bill’s childhood, “Free to Be… You and Me” 7:40 Why Matt hates Trump’s emergency declaration 14:31 Is the Green New Deal more than a progre...
Bloggingheads.tv
Bloggingheads.tv
Robert Wright
If you'd like a highly non-MSM take on the Venezuela crisis, I recommend my conversation with @MaxBlumenthal, who spoke to me from Caracas yesterday. Watch on @bloggingheads-- bloggingheads.tv/videos/55690?i… --or listen on The Wright Show podcast. I guarantee you'll learn something new.
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Trump’s Plan for Regime Change in Venezuela | Robert Wright & Max Blumenthal [The Wright Show]
00:00 Max’s on-the-ground observations at political rallies in Caracas 09:51 A brief history of Venezuelan politics, from Chavez to now 15:57 Who’s responsib...
Is There a Progressive Foreign Policy? | Robert Wright & Heather Hurlburt [The Wright Show]
4:20 Competing conceptions of a progressive foreign policy 12:28 The shift from formal to informal international law 23:43 Was bombing Kosovo a good idea? 30...
Bloggingheads.tv
Bloggingheads.tv
Robert Wright
I had a great conversation with @natsecHeather about the search for a progressive foreign policy. You can watch on @bloggingheads -- bloggingheads.tv/videos/55662?i… -- or listen on The Wright Show podcast.
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Issue #61: Feb 3–9, 2019
In this week’s newsletter we: (1) watch presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard get pilloried for thinking clinically about foreign policy; (2) explore a cognitive bias that discourages such thinking; (3) search for inoffensive synonyms for...
Robert Wright
In this week's Mindful Resistance Newsletter I evaluate the blowback Tulsi Gabbard gets when she tries to talk about foreign policy clinically, not emotionally. mindfulresistance.net/2019/02/09/iss… pic.twitter.com/ZeUPCDqgoN
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National Enquirer Lawyer Says Leaker Was ‘Well-Known’ to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez
Attorney Elkan Abramowitz also denied a letter sent to the Amazon founder about initimate photos was a blackmail attempt.
Issue #61: Feb 3–9, 2019
In this week’s newsletter we: (1) watch presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard get pilloried for thinking clinically about foreign policy; (2) explore a cognitive bias that discourages such thinking; (3) search for inoffensive synonyms for...
‘A Light for Me in the Darkness’: For Migrant Detainees, a Bond Forged by Letter
Residents of San Diego began writing to migrants in an immigration detention center just a few miles away. The letters opened new worlds for both of them.
Team Human | Robert Wright & Douglas Rushkoff [The Wright Show]
0:16 Douglas’s new book, Team Human 9:03 Remembering when people behaved better online than IRL 16:01 Douglas was optimistic about the Internet. Then came ca...