Robert Wright's Nonzero

Is liberalism being supplanted? ... Why Millennials succeeded in changing the culture of the workplace ... James Bennet's resignation and the "new samizdat" ... Mickey dismisses Bob’s fears about Trump’s authoritarian potential ... Is the New York Times now a journal of opinion? ... Mickey laments that welfare reform didn't work as well as he hoped ... Bob wants progressives to think about class, not just race ... Mickey: Conservatives should retreat on Confederate statues ... Examining conspiracy theories about the elderly Buffalo protester ... Lafayette Square revisited ...

Is liberalism being supplanted? ... Why Millennials succeeded in changing the culture of the workplace ... James Bennet's resignation and the "new samizdat" ... Mickey dismisses Bob’s fears about Trump’s authoritarian potential ... Is the New York Times now a journal of opinion? ... Mickey laments that welfare reform didn't work as well as he hoped ... Bob wants progressives to think about class, not just race ... Mickey: Conservatives should retreat on Confederate statues ... Examining conspiracy theories about the elderly Buffalo protester ... Lafayette Square revisited ...

"Lean In" feminism and the Karen meme ... What does it mean to call the cops? ... The politics of quitting your job ... Amid the protests, past microaggressions are aired online ... Brands agree that black lives matter. Hooray? ... Examining the apology of a pretty, white lifestyle influencer ...

On shaving and summer schedules ... Bill: "A blue wave is building" ... Matt fears a monster movie–style Trump comeback ... Bill: Elected Democrats aren't on board with #DefundThePolice ... Is Kamala now the safe VP pick? ... The trouble with hashtag slogans ... Examining Tom Cotton's controversial NYT op-ed ...

John: George Floyd's murder was not an exclusively racial matter ... Glenn: "We're in the grip of hysteria" ... John: Apparently anti-racism trumps even medical science ... What it's like being a black contrarian right now ... Glenn: The real threat to black people is crime ... John argues that fixing problems with the cops has to be the first step ...

Ross's new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success ... Ross's surprising perspective on technological change ... The Back to the Future test: looking at 1955 vs. 1985 and 1985 vs. 2015 ... Is information technology leading to disruption or stagnation? ... Imagining how a new renaissance might emerge ... Space travel as an escape from decadence ... Ross is skeptical about Bob's favorite Catholic theologian, Teilhard de Chardin ... The Matrix, Wall-E, and Jesus ... Applying Ross's decadence thesis to the pandemic and the protests ...

Ross's new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success ... Ross's surprising perspective on technological change ... The Back to the Future test: looking at 1955 vs. 1985 and 1985 vs. 2015 ... Is information technology leading to disruption or stagnation? ... Imagining how a new renaissance might emerge ... Space travel as an escape from decadence ... Ross is skeptical about Bob's favorite Catholic theologian, Teilhard de Chardin ... The Matrix, Wall-E, and Jesus ... Applying Ross's decadence thesis to the pandemic and the protests ...

Why did George Floyd’s death spark such a massive uprising? ... Mickey senses a whiff of the sixties ... The debacle of clearing Lafayette Park ... Bob vs. Mickey on whether it’s time to worry about Trump’s authoritarianism ... Are progressives inviting a Trumpian catastrophe? ... Will the protesters vindicate the anti-lockdowners? ... Mickey's fears for a second Trump term: Jared unleashed ... In defense of the NYT running Tom Cotton's infamous op-ed ... Local news ...

Why did George Floyd’s death spark such a massive uprising? ... Mickey senses a whiff of the sixties ... The debacle of clearing Lafayette Park ... Bob vs. Mickey on whether it’s time to worry about Trump’s authoritarianism ... Are progressives inviting a Trumpian catastrophe? ... Will the protesters vindicate the anti-lockdowners? ... Mickey's fears for a second Trump term: Jared unleashed ... In defense of the NYT running Tom Cotton's infamous op-ed ... Local news ...

Spoiler alert! Critiquing Star Trek: Discovery and Picard ... Serial vs. episodic storytelling ... Why Dan hated Discovery's main character ... Is the show too woke? ... Debating the big twist in Picard ... Dan: Two things screw up Picard as a Star Trek show ... Throwing science out the window ... Milton: Audiences don't know what they want ... Have younger viewers turned away from science fiction? ...