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Read this korrent: The 2016 US election divide was really about old and young, not liberal and conservative.
The 2016 US election divide was really about old and young, not liberal and conservative.
Last stated 10 years ago
23 Nov 2016
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Vi Hart — holds since 2016-11-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The biggest divide in American politics is not left versus right but top versus bottom. — tap to centre the map on it
The biggest divide in American politics is not left versus right but top versus bottom.
Last stated 8 months ago
3 Mar 2026
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James Talarico — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The old left-versus-right divide is largely irrelevant; the real political divide today is global versus national — tap to centre the map on it
The old left-versus-right divide is largely irrelevant; the real political divide today is global versus national
Last stated 10 years ago
21 Feb 2017
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American conservatives are not out-reproducing liberals to any degree that would change the country. — tap to centre the map on it
American conservatives are not out-reproducing liberals to any degree that would change the country.
Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most social and political divides come from different views on how to apply shared values, not from opposing values themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
Most social and political divides come from different views on how to apply shared values, not from opposing values themselves.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Around the time liberalism gave way to 'progressivism', the left started being wrong a lot; Democrats were right maybe 85% of the time in 2010, maybe 30% now, Republicans maybe 15%. — tap to centre the map on it
Around the time liberalism gave way to 'progressivism', the left started being wrong a lot; Democrats were right maybe 85% of the time in 2010, maybe 30% now, Republicans maybe 15%.
Last stated 2 months ago
16 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Americans are not as divided as they are being told they are — tap to centre the map on it
Americans are not as divided as they are being told they are
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Jun 2022
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Matthew McConaughey — holds since 2022-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The left/right framework is inadequate for understanding the political culture of places like Wisconsin or Sweden. — tap to centre the map on it
The left/right framework is inadequate for understanding the political culture of places like Wisconsin or Sweden.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Sept 2026
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Scott Sumner — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Certainty about God is eroding at the same rate on the left and the right, and only the starting level differs. — tap to centre the map on it
Certainty about God is eroding at the same rate on the left and the right, and only the starting level differs.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress.
Last stated 7 months ago
21 Mar 2026
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Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it
A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good.
Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed. — tap to centre the map on it
A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed.
Last stated 7 months ago
28 Mar 2026
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Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate. — tap to centre the map on it
A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A multi-ethnic nation cannot survive as a salad bowl in which each group keeps its distinctiveness indefinitely. — tap to centre the map on it
A multi-ethnic nation cannot survive as a salad bowl in which each group keeps its distinctiveness indefinitely.
Last stated 7 months ago
9 Apr 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
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