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A syllabus for the new global politics
Clashing information orders and what they mean
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Henry Farrell
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Patrick O'Brian is a Great Conservative Writer
His concern is the problem of right authority
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Henry Farrell
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[A new piece in the Economist] There's a killer app for Large Language Models
They're prayer wheels for organizational ritual
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Henry Farrell
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Even if AI makes art, it may be bad for culture
Ted Chiang and the problem of "generating variety in the arts"
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Henry Farrell
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Silicon Valley is an aristocratic culture
So was Washington DC, once upon a time
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Henry Farrell
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August 2024

Illiberalism is not the cure for neoliberalism.
Democrats should be reading Danielle Allen, not Deneen
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Henry Farrell
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What went wrong with the Silicon Valley right
It is difficult for a man to understand something when his business model depends on his not understanding it
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Henry Farrell
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Seeing Like a Matt
The intellectual blind spots of anti-anti-neoliberalism
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Henry Farrell
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July 2024

High Modernism made our world
On James Scott and technology
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Henry Farrell
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What Should We Do With Vibes-Based Analysis?
The Vibes Ain't Nothing But the Vibes.
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Henry Farrell
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Underground Empire is a Prime Day deal
Buy it! Read it! Tell your friends about it!
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Henry Farrell
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Silicon Valley and the Second American Century
How Sandhill Road got back with the national security state
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Henry Farrell
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