Past, Present, and Future
April 10, 2025 • #A useful way of thinking about the domains of our three branches of government
Topic / government
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How the Constitution Can Bring Us Together
June 12, 2024 • #Yuval Levin joins EconTalk.
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The Two Enlightenments
February 20, 2024 • #David Deutsch's two enlightenments: the British vs. the Continental model.
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Against Centralized Power
August 30, 2023 • #Passing thoughts on the danger of centralized authority.
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Don't Ban TikTok
April 12, 2023 • #Tyler Cowen, TikTok bans, and the RESTRICT Act.
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The Lure of Technocracy
April 4, 2022 • #Jason Crawford sets out a theory on technocracy.
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Weekend Reading: Readwise's Next Chapter, Reviewing Revolt of the Public, and the Helicopter State
September 17, 2021 • #Readwise launches a reading app, Scott Alexander reviews Martin Gurri, and Jonah Goldberg on the helicopter state.
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Science: The Endless Frontier
October 21, 2020 • #Vannevar Bush's seminal report.
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Building a State
September 22, 2020 • #Anton Howes on the initial developments of state capacity in 16c Britain.
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Weekend Reading: The Hour of the State, Location AI, and Mapillary Acquired
June 20, 2020 • #The public vs. the state, DataRobot's Location AI, and the Mapillary team joins Facebook.
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Police and Road Safety
June 9, 2020 • #Could traffic safety be carved off to a non-armed state entity other than traditional police?
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Widespread Looting
April 27, 2020 • #Arnold Kling
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Weekend Reading: Ancient Text, StarLink, and Chinese Origins
October 26, 2019 • #DeepMind restores ancient inscriptions, StarLink expansion, and the origins of Chinese government
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The Opportunity Project
March 7, 2019 • #On our engagement with the US Census team in the Opportunity Project.
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HQ2: Understanding What Happened
February 28, 2019 • #Barry Ritholtz breaks down the story behind Amazon's HQ2 reversal.
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It's Time for a Data Bill of Rights
December 20, 2018 • #Martin Tisne argues that the concept of data ownership isn't enough, that we need governance structures more priimtive than that.
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Progress Report: The Federalist Papers
December 4, 2018 • #“Thoughts on the Federalist through essay
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Francis Fukuyama on The Origins of Political Order
November 29, 2018 • #Fukuyama presentation on the Origins of Political Order.
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Weekend Reading: CAC, Alexander Hamilton, and Flow
November 10, 2018 • #“Intercom on CAC, Hamilton's Legacy, and Microsoft's Flow service.”
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