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On today's episode of The Good Fight, Lawrence H. Summers joins Yascha Mounk to discuss Harvard's showdown with the Trump administration, and the impact of tariffs. yaschamounk.substack.com/p/larry-summer…


Fukuyama in Persuasion on why manufacturing jobs for working-class men are never coming back. Even in poorer nations, most manufacturing is now done by women persuasion.community/p/the-material…

Pope Francis brought faith to a cynical and disbelieving world. In an age of strong men he was something far greater and far rarer – a good man. He will be greatly missed. For more my more extended reflections on his passing see my essay Persuasion below:




"The simple, unadorned goodness of the late Pope is something that will be missed in this age of bombastic cruelty," argues Jeffery Tyler Syck persuasion.community/p/a-good-man-i…


In The Good Fight today, Ivan Krastev and Yascha Mounk ask if Europe has a future, and if Donald Trump is the new Gorbachev or an anti-Gorbachev. persuasion.community/p/ivan-krastev…



On The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk and Sarah Longwell dive into the data about what voters really think about Trump, and discuss who–if anyone–can save the Democrats. persuasion.community/p/sarah-longwe…


In his latest for Persuasion, Francis Fukuyama connects the dots between ChatGPT, the Turing test, and octopuses. 🐙 ow.ly/iCbe50VIi73

No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for Persuasion's American Purpose: persuasion.community/p/ukraine-hold…

Bill Maher's right: We can’t keep hurling insults from the safety of our culture war camps. But attempting ideological bridge-building by having dinner with Trump is like trying to commune with nature by entering a lion’s den. My latest Persuasion: persuasion.community/p/bill-mahers-…


On The Good Fight today, Yascha Mounk and Claire Lehmann discuss the psychology of wokeness, sex differences, and how much our genetics influence how we see the world. persuasion.community/p/claire-lehma…


100 days in, Francis Fukuyama on why Donald Trump’s disregard for law—and thirst for revenge—mean worse is to come. persuasion.community/p/100-days-of-…

Trump had a genuine mandate. The extremism of his first 100 days in office goes well beyond it. Yascha Mounk looks at what's next. persuasion.community/p/the-next-136…


Thoroughly enjoyed talking to Yascha Mounk of Persuasion recently about Quillette's early days, intellectual taboos, sex differences, blank slate fallacies, audience capture, & more. yaschamounk.substack.com/p/claire-lehma…

There are better ways to bridge our political divide than getting buttered up by Trump, by Angel Eduardo persuasion.community/p/bill-mahers-…