Yascha Mounk
Writer and academic on the crisis of democracy and the defence of liberal values; professor of the practice of international affairs at Johns Hopkins, founder of Persuasion and host of The Good Fight.
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Their wordsThe conventional wisdom no longer holds: The rise of a successful third-party bid is much more likely than it was in the past.
↗Third Parties Are On the Rise. America Could Be Next.writing.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsInstead, the most likely scenario for a third-party breakthrough would resemble some of the close misses of the past: A charismatic and (probably) rich individual would run for president without the backing of either the Democratic or the Republican Party, possibly succeeding in electing a number of senators or representatives on the candidate's coattails.
↗Third Parties Are On the Rise. America Could Be Next.writing.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI fear that it is much more likely that a successful third-party candidate, whether on the left or the right, would combine extreme cultural views with deeply isolationist tendencies.
↗Third Parties Are On the Rise. America Could Be Next.writing.yaschamounk.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 8 months earlier
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Their wordsBut on the whole, the outcome was depressingly good: I am confident that it could, with minor revisions, be published by a serious journal.
↗The Humanities Are About to Be Automatedwriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsBut once artificial intelligence is able to write these contributions in the stead of humans-not just in political theory but also in theology and art history and comparative literature-it is totally indefensible.
↗The Humanities Are About to Be Automatedwriting.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 2 weeks earlier
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Their wordsBut the realization that an old political order is breaking apart, and that we are unlikely to return to the relative calm of the postwar years anytime soon, has slowly been dawning on political leaders desperate to keep living in the past.
↗Wake Up, Europewriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIt is clear that Germany, in particular, can no longer rely on the United States the way it once did.
↗Wake Up, Europewriting.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsBut if Europe wants to play a leading role in the world-or simply to stand up for its own values on its own continent-it must recognize that this model has now run out of road.
↗Wake Up, Europewriting.yaschamounk.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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Their wordsI have come to think of the tendency of both left and right to flip-flop on free speech depending on whether or not they feel that they have the upper hand in the nation's culture war as the power theory of free speech.
↗The Power Theory of Free Speechwriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsBut the principles of free speech nevertheless remain an indispensable basis for any free society.
↗The Power Theory of Free Speechwriting.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsAnd it is precisely because there are many ways to chill speech that a robust notion of free speech must entail not only the knowledge that you won't be jailed for "offending" others but also the confidence that you won't lose your job or suffer social ostracism if you do so.
↗The Power Theory of Free Speechwriting.yaschamounk.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 5 weeks earlier
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Their wordsIf students could attend Harvard or Rice without having to purchase the world's most exclusive and extended all-in-vacation package, it would be much more affordable to attend these institutions.
- 5 weeks earlier
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Their wordsThe rapid emergence of sophisticated models of artificial intelligence has enormous implications for the future of the human race.
↗The Peculiar Persistence of the AI Denialistswriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsWhile it has turned out to be more difficult to build robots which can maneuver around the physical world with dexterity than to build chatbots that can perform high-level cognitive tasks, there will come a time in the relatively near future in which machines capable of doing both tasks simultaneously will be produced in large numbers.
↗The Peculiar Persistence of the AI Denialistswriting.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIntellectually, I have become deeply convinced that the importance of AI is, if anything, underhyped.
↗The Peculiar Persistence of the AI Denialistswriting.yaschamounk.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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Their wordsHis willingness to risk global financial meltdown also makes it more likely that he will do the seemingly unimaginable in other areas.
↗Take Trump Literallywriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe most important difference between 2016 and now is that Trump has come back to the White House with a much more loyal staff and a much greater determination to turn his plans into reality.
↗Take Trump Literallywriting.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIn his second term in office, Trump has grown much more willing and capable of breaking with precedent, even when that involves steps that would have seemed outlandish until recently.
↗Take Trump Literallywriting.yaschamounk.com 3rd of 3 in this piece