Brink Lindsey

American political writer; vice president at the Niskanen Center, where he directs the Open Society Project; formerly vice president for research at the Cato Institute; author of The Age of Abundance (2007).

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Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible.

From my perspective, the problems underlying our political crises are problems of mass affluence, which itself is a world-historical triumph of the first order made possible by liberal values and institutions.

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The connection between economic growth and overall well-being is weakening.

I argue that the connection between economic growth and overall well-being is weakening

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From one piece Liberalism hasn’t failed, but many liberals sure have 4 beliefs · brinklindsey.substack.com

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The strength of political extremism reflects failures by liberals in responding to it.

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My answer to this question is an emphatic yes: there is no way things could have gotten to the current pass without massive failures and blunders by liberals

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Liberal values and institutions are our best chance for meeting today's challenges.

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liberal values and institutions represent our best chance for rising to contemporary challenges, just as they guided us to triumph over those traditional ills.

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Today's discontents are not a failure of liberalism's basic principles.

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Our contemporary ills, however, do not represent some deep-seated failure in the basic principles of liberalism that has now finally manifested itself.

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Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible.

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From my perspective, the problems underlying our political crises are problems of mass affluence, which itself is a world-historical triumph of the first order made possible by liberal values and institutions.

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7 April

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From one piece The progress movement needs a better theory of progress 2 beliefs · brinklindsey.substack.com

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Progress in overall well-being, not just material progress, is the ultimate goal.

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In my view, we can’t simply be concerned with material progress; progress in overall well-being is the ultimate goal.

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The connection between economic growth and overall well-being is weakening.

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I argue that the connection between economic growth and overall well-being is weakening

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18 February

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From one piece Superhuman AI would bring the permanent problem front and center 2 beliefs · brinklindsey.substack.com

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Superhuman AI would mean a massive increase in wealth that promises both liberation and marginalization.

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When we’re pondering the prospect that superhuman AI may be just around the corner, what we’re talking about is a massive increase in societal wealth — wealth that holds out both the promise of liberation and empowerment and the threat of marginalization and dehumanization.

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Large parts of white-collar knowledge work, starting with coding, are likely to become automatable in the near future.

AI and jobs

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it’s becoming increasingly plausible that great swathes of contemporary white-collar knowledge work — starting with coding — are going to be automatable, at least as a technical matter, in the relatively near future.

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15 August 2010

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On Liberty

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But the reason I selected him is that there is a brief passage in On Liberty (in the second chapter on defending liberty of thought and discussion) where he lays forth what I think is the best concise explanation for why there is a left and a right – and why there always will be.

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The Constitution of Liberty

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So, by the time he was writing The Constitution of Liberty in 1960 he was already very much identified as one of American conservatism’s leading intellectual lights and he was rather uncomfortable with that.

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Atlas Shrugged

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Chambers wrote a savage review of Atlas Shrugged in the National Review, ending with that quote ‘From almost any page of Atlas Shrugged, a voice can be heard, from painful necessity, commanding: “To a gas chamber – go!”.’ – saying it had a totalitarian sensibility behind it.

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- Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible.
  
  From my perspective, the problems underlying our political crises are problems of mass affluence, which itself is a world-historical triumph of the first order made possible by liberal values and institutions.
  
  Liberalism hasn’t failed, but many liberals sure have Said 15 Sept 2026
  
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- Today's discontents are not a failure of liberalism's basic principles.
  
  Our contemporary ills, however, do not represent some deep-seated failure in the basic principles of liberalism that has now finally manifested itself.
  
  Liberalism hasn’t failed, but many liberals sure have Said 15 Sept 2026
  
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- Liberal values and institutions are our best chance for meeting today's challenges.
  
  liberal values and institutions represent our best chance for rising to contemporary challenges, just as they guided us to triumph over those traditional ills.
  
  Liberalism hasn’t failed, but many liberals sure have Said 15 Sept 2026
  
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The strength of political extremism reflects failures by liberals in responding to it.

My answer to this question is an emphatic yes: there is no way things could have gotten to the current pass without massive failures and blunders by liberals

Liberalism hasn’t failed, but many liberals sure have Said 15 Sept 2026

Full record — everyone who holds this →

The connection between economic growth and overall well-being is weakening.

I argue that the connection between economic growth and overall well-being is weakening

The progress movement needs a better theory of progress Said 7 Apr 2026

Full record — everyone who holds this →

Progress in overall well-being, not just material progress, is the ultimate goal.

In my view, we can’t simply be concerned with material progress; progress in overall well-being is the ultimate goal.

The progress movement needs a better theory of progress Said 7 Apr 2026

Full record — everyone who holds this →

Large parts of white-collar knowledge work, starting with coding, are likely to become automatable in the near future.

it’s becoming increasingly plausible that great swathes of contemporary white-collar knowledge work — starting with coding — are going to be automatable, at least as a technical matter, in the relatively near future.

Superhuman AI would bring the permanent problem front and center Said 18 Feb 2026

Full record — everyone who holds this →

AI and jobs

Superhuman AI would mean a massive increase in wealth that promises both liberation and marginalization.

When we’re pondering the prospect that superhuman AI may be just around the corner, what we’re talking about is a massive increase in societal wealth — wealth that holds out both the promise of liberation and empowerment and the threat of marginalization and dehumanization.

Superhuman AI would bring the permanent problem front and center Said 18 Feb 2026

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- Recommends Atlas Shrugged 15 Aug 2010
  
  Chambers wrote a savage review of Atlas Shrugged in the National Review, ending with that quote ‘From almost any page of Atlas Shrugged, a voice can be heard, from painful necessity, commanding: “To a gas chamber – go!”.’ – saying it had a totalitarian sensibility behind it.
  
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- Recommends The Constitution of Liberty 15 Aug 2010
  
  So, by the time he was writing The Constitution of Liberty in 1960 he was already very much identified as one of American conservatism’s leading intellectual lights and he was rather uncomfortable with that.
  
  fivebooks.com 15 Aug 2010
  
  What others say about The Constitution of Liberty →
- Recommends On Liberty 15 Aug 2010
  
  But the reason I selected him is that there is a brief passage in On Liberty (in the second chapter on defending liberty of thought and discussion) where he lays forth what I think is the best concise explanation for why there is a left and a right – and why there always will be.
  
  fivebooks.com 15 Aug 2010
  
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