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Around the time liberalism gave way to "progressivism", people on the left started being wrong about a ton of stuff. Back in 2010, Democrats were right about maybe 85% of things. Now it's like...30%? With Republicans at maybe 15%?
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Only a safe, well-aligned superintelligence developed in the world of liberal democracies could entrench liberal-democratic values.
A simple plan to save the world from rogue A.I.slowboring.com
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Aligning multi-agent AI systems is fundamentally a problem of institutional and political design, not model training.Their words
Multi-agent alignment is fundamentally a liberalism project.
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Chatting AloneTheir words
Martsinovich argues, via code snippets, that there is no such thing as a "conversation" with a chatbot. The AI is born anew every time it speaks, and it simply reads the dialogue so far and then tries to write the next line:
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Tech's embrace of 'taste' is an attempt to dress anti-humanist technology in humanist branding.Their words
We might call what's going on now "taste-washing," an attempt to give anti-humanist technologies a veneer of liberal humanism.
Why tech bros are obsessed with "taste"kylechayka.substack.com
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The Unaccountability MachineTheir words
Davies argues that modern organizations function like runaway AIs, making decisions no human intends.
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BreakneckTheir words
Wang argues that the US & China each have a dominant form of government problem-solving
13 August 2025
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Tariffs, this kind of highly protectionist method is very distortionary and it’s going to be bad for the US. I’d actually argue that both China and the US have totally taken advantage and also enjoyed the global economic realm under the US liberal order.
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My book argues that courts should preserve the role, not the rule—and it then shows what new specific rules should follow from that.
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In Praise of IdlenessTheir words
A collection of timeless essays from philosopher Bertrand Russell, including his famous 'In Praise of Idleness' which challenges our obsession with work and argues that leisure time, properly used, is essential for a fulfilling life and a better society.
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Great storytelling skill comes from immersion in the liberal arts, not from corporate media training.Their words
Steve Jobs was an incredible storyteller because he was immersed in the liberal arts, not because he went to corporate media training.
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China's leaders think in realist terms and America's do not, which is the more dangerous half of the pairing.Their words
The Chinese are my kind of people. They're realists, right? They speak my language. It's the United States that is not very realist. American leaders have a very powerful liberal bent and tend not to see the world in realist terms.
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A simple understanding of coalitions, political competition, and limited resources will bring you rather quickly to the conclusion that intelligent liberal elites can screw up their colonies pretty badly and in ways that can persist for decades or centuries.
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Liberal societies currently face an existential risk that must be addressed to reach a better future.Their words
This book is my best crack at explaining what I think is an existential risk to liberal societies and what I think we need to do to get to that awesome future I used to be so excited about.
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The Great DivergenceTheir words
His 2000 masterpiece The Great Divergence argues that the Americas, won and worked by force, provided the critical ghost acreages that propelled Britain past the Old World's common ecological constraints.
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Why We’re PolarizedTheir words
In his terrific book Why We’re Polarized, Ezra Klein argues that identity is the answer to the question suggested by his title.
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Why Liberalism FailedTheir words
Brilliant but flawed. Deneen tried to argue that the ideals of the western enlightenment are ultimately self-defeating. I think he was onto something, but I don’t think he totally got his argument straightened out.
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Existing code exerts a powerful influence. Its very presence argues that it is both correct and necessary.
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