Robert Wright's Nonzero

A Scientology ship commander calls the pandemic "suppressive and anti-social" ... Turning to L. Ron Hubbard during the pandemic: radiation as a state of mind ... The appeal of groups like Scientology in a crisis ... The pandemic is the rare mainstream event that got Scientologists' attention ... Hubbard and Trump, Scientology and post-truth ... Nikita’s experience with an exercise similar to "past lives auditing" ... We thought the Internet was a threat to Scientology. Were we wrong? ...

Threats of disorder and promises of reform after George Floyd ... Mickey: “The Supreme Court is falling apart” ... The Washington Post Halloween party blackface debacle ... The not-very-shocking revelations in John Bolton’s new book ... Mickey complains to the manager and clarifies his position on welfare reform ... Bob: Yes, Covid cases are rising—but deaths are falling ... Bob attempts to strong-arm Mickey into starting a Patreon ...

Threats of disorder and promises of reform after George Floyd ... Mickey: “The Supreme Court is falling apart” ... The Washington Post Halloween party blackface debacle ... The not-very-shocking revelations in John Bolton’s new book ... Mickey complains to the manager and clarifies his position on welfare reform ... Bob: Yes, Covid cases are rising—but deaths are falling ... Bob attempts to strong-arm Mickey into starting a Patreon ...

John’s new book, Mood and Trope ... From the "linguistic turn" to the "affective turn" ... Kant vs. Nietzsche vs. Heidegger vs. Deleuze ... In praise of unsystematic criticism ... Clarifying some Heideggerian terminology ... From the sublime to the Anthropocene ...

Coleman's post-collegiate life (with a cameo from Glenn's wife) ... Reopening and the invisible cost of agreeing with Trump ... Thomas Sowell's thoughts on partisanship ... Glenn: Trump is "bumbling his way through" the tradeoffs of reopening ... Masks as a way of life ... Do racial disparities in Covid deaths demonstrate systemic bias? ...

Gorsuch's landmark opinion affirming LGBT workplace protections ... The failure of the conservative legal movement ... Matt: The "but Gorsuch" argument for Trump is dead ... Biden is up in all the polls, but Matt is skeptical ... Bill: The left is still seeking a big primary win ... Imagining Biden's first 100 days ...

Toby's organization, Justice Is Global ... Slow economic growth and rightwing nationalism ... Toby: The only way to deal effectively with inequality is globally ... How to solve the overcapacity problem in the steel industry ... Toby's radical idea: a global minimum wage ... Can the WTO become a vehicle for progressive policies? ... Will the GOP's "blame China" strategy work? ... Worrying about an October surprise from Trump ... Toby: Racial justice and economic justice go hand in hand ...

Toby's organization, Justice Is Global ... Slow economic growth and rightwing nationalism ... Toby: The only way to deal effectively with inequality is globally ... How to solve the overcapacity problem in the steel industry ... Toby's radical idea: a global minimum wage ... Can the WTO become a vehicle for progressive policies? ... Will the GOP's "blame China" strategy work? ... Worrying about an October surprise from Trump ... Toby: Racial justice and economic justice go hand in hand ...

Looking for the truth between "Blue Lives Matter" and "ACAB" ... The rarely noted decline in police shootings ... What are the cops thinking? ... Peter: The police will never be fully demilitarized ... Aryeh: The underlying issue is widespread gun possession ... The Buffalo protester and cops who are bad at PR ... Peter: The actions of George Floyd's killer are baffling ... Peter argues that police abolition is "crazy" ... Peter lists his ideal police reforms ... The vast regional disparities in policing ...

Are we really as social as the Stoics believed? ... Distinguishing between the “objective” and the “real”... ... ...and between the “real” and representations of the “real” ... Dan: It makes no difference whether or not values are objective ... Massimo’s solution to the omnivore’s dilemma ... Massimo: “Values are never separate from facts” ...