#Consent

Rachel Wolf

racheljanetwolf

A report I wrote (as secretariat) on carbon pricing is out today. A few thoughts from me: 1. "of course carbon taxes are the right idea in principle, but they

Navid 🧢🇺🇸

NYCNavid

UBI or as Yang often calls it, “freedom dividends” would re-legitimize American capitalism by obtaining the consent of its “losers” in the age of automation & globalization. Empower temporal losers

Jose A. Del Real

jdelreal

This story showcases the extent to which far-left morality politics can overlap with political moral policing used on the right. In this case, there are broad brush insinuations of gay

Asa Akira

AsaAkira

I need to speak up. You may have heard recently about a viral video going around saying horrible things, made by Exodus Cry. Before blindly believing what the video is

Zero HP Lovecraft

0x49fa98

There is an endless litany of arguments against democracy and you probably know them all, already. Yes, I know the US is a republic, but spiritually it's a democracy; we

Ian Dickson

IDickson258

1. I look forward to 2021 with optimism. Not because of Brexit. That will be an unmitigated disaster. Not because of any faith in this shower of a govt to

Tony Connelly

tconnellyRTE

How significant were @vonderleyen's remarks to the European Parliament this morning?One senior EU diplomat says takes note in particular of her opening words. "Frankly, I cannot tell you today if

Isabel Maria

frihetsdottir

Internal auditors, risk managers, portfolio managers they all get bashed when the $hit hits the fan ... thing is, rogue practices/direct dealings of management + board of directors is normally

Joseph Cox

josephfcox

New: the U.S. military is buying granular location data of people harvested from ordinary smartphone apps. Through documents, sources, technical analysis, we also identified specific apps. The biggest: a Muslim

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Another reminder that what we are witnessing and have been witnessing over the last 5 years is an attempted creation of a new national mythology saying America was founded in

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

The no border comment is interesting. It speaks to the idea that the UK is one state (true) but also to the idea that it’s too often confused with being

Jonathan Rauch

jon_rauch

Post-impeachment, we can say this: Trump's presidency has amended the Constitution. Not formally, of course, but informally...which matters just as much. Here are the five Trump amendments. 1/9 1. "No

Eric Atcheson, ordained curator of choice heresies

RevEricAtcheson

This is a commendable #Pride thread, and I'd like to offer a parallel one as an LGBTQ-affirming Christian pastor on Romans 1:26-27 and 1 Corinthians 6:9 (the NT equivalent

Palwasha Binte Inam 🇵🇰

PBItweets

Islam is the religion of peace , tolerance and co-existence, islam teaches us not to initiate war as the Quranic verse says “Fight in the way of God against those

Dr Naomi Wolf

naomirwolf

1/Just had a drink at the Millerton Inn on Main T. Server asked me after I paid, if I wanted to ‘leave my name and email in case there is

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

It is simply unsustainable that so many of the leaders who wish Americans ill have no dearth of confidence about their authority, while so many of the leaders who wish

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