What Matthew Yglesias thinks about behavioural science

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Writes Slow Boring, a near-daily newsletter on American politics and public policy; co-founded Vox in 2014 and left it in 2020.

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1. 15 Sept 2026

   Our readingChanging Israeli policy toward Palestinians requires imposing costs on mainstream, not just settler, Israelis.

   Their wordsWe need to do something that inflicts pain on nicer, more sympathetic Israelis in Tel Aviv and Haifa, something that makes them want to actually change course and meaningfully alter the situation.

   ↗Sanctions on West Bank settlements aren’t enoughslowboring.com 2nd of 2 in this piece