The Closed Society Is Ascendant. Don’t Get Taken In
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-closed-society-is-ascendant-dont
Published: September 22, 2025 17:59
Historical goldfishishness is letting us drift into a false security.
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What We Lose When We Can't Talk to Each Other
https://www.persuasion.community/p/what-we-lose-when-we-cant-talk-to
Published: September 21, 2025 17:15
The past 10 years have done major damage to our social fabric.
Episode 171: Scott Anderson on the Iranian Revolution
https://www.persuasion.community/p/episode-171-scott-anderson-on-the
Published: September 21, 2025 10:02
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25 Years Ago, Russia Had Its Own Kimmel Moment
https://www.persuasion.community/p/25-years-ago-russia-had-its-own-kimmel
Published: September 20, 2025 16:00
Why a puppet show could predict America’s future.
The Good Fight Club: Populism in the UK, Threats to Free Speech, and the Future of the Middle East
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-good-fight-club-populism-in-the
Published: September 20, 2025 10:01
A live recording of The Good Fight Club in London!
The World We Have Lost
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-world-we-have-lost
Published: September 19, 2025 15:54
Stanley Hoffmann died ten years ago. His model for what it means to be a publicly engaged intellectual is quickly dying out in the age of social media.
This Week At Persuasion
https://www.persuasion.community/p/this-week-at-persuasion-c7f
Published: September 18, 2025 18:00
Join the mailing list for our D.C. and Philadelphia chapters! Plus, Steven Pinker on The Good Fight.
The Censors Come for Kimmel
https://www.persuasion.community/p/right-wing-cancel-culture-is-bad
Published: September 18, 2025 14:45
In a week where the administration also targeted the New York Times, they're not even pretending to care about free speech.
Steven Pinker on How Common Knowledge Builds and Weakens Societies
https://www.persuasion.community/p/steven-pinker-common-knowledge
Published: September 18, 2025 11:15
Yascha Mounk and Steven Pinker also explore how game theory explains our social lives.
The Faust Myth Foretells AI
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-faust-myth-foretells-ai
Published: September 17, 2025 20:15
The technology offers a devil’s bargain that we should accept with care.
The Death of the Office Job
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-death-of-the-office-job
Published: September 16, 2025 19:30
Corporate workers don’t actually work. They’re transitioning to something more interesting.
Damon Linker on the Spiral of Violence in America
https://www.persuasion.community/p/damon-linker
Published: September 16, 2025 10:30
Yascha Mounk and Damon Linker discuss the fallout from the assassination of Charlie Kirk—and what happens next.
From Retribution to Regulatory Regime
https://www.persuasion.community/p/from-retribution-to-regulatory-regime
Published: September 15, 2025 16:30
The Trump administration has learned from earlier mistakes in its education policies.
Our New Age of American Terror
https://www.persuasion.community/p/we-are-living-in-eddingtons-world
Published: September 15, 2025 14:15
On Charlie Kirk and Eddington.
Our Coming Plutocracy
https://www.persuasion.community/p/our-coming-plutocracy
Published: September 14, 2025 20:48
Francis Fukuyama on why Larry Ellison and Elon Musk threaten republican government in America.
Beware the Merchants of Rage
https://www.persuasion.community/p/beware-the-merchants-of-rage
Published: September 14, 2025 19:31
Resist the bad actors, on the left and the right, using this week’s tragedy to make new excuses for political violence.
David Brooks on… Yascha Mounk
https://www.persuasion.community/p/david-brooks-on-yascha-mounk
Published: September 13, 2025 10:00
David Brooks interviews Yascha Mounk to mark the paperback edition of "The Identity Trap."
What Makes a Country Ungovernable
https://www.persuasion.community/p/why-france-seems-ungovernable
Published: September 12, 2025 17:59
France is pushing the limits of its Fifth Republic constitution.
Survival Over Defection
https://www.persuasion.community/p/survival-over-defection
Published: September 12, 2025 13:03
Why Iran’s military elites stay loyal.
This Week At Persuasion
https://www.persuasion.community/p/this-week-at-persuasion-615
Published: September 11, 2025 14:01
Daron Acemoglu on The Good Fight! Plus, a live event with Yascha Mounk in London.
The Good Fight Club: Russian Drones in Poland, Low Literary in Schools, and Can Anyone Rein in Trump?
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-good-fight-club-4
Published: September 11, 2025 10:36
Yascha Mounk, Ivan Krastev, Amanda Ripley, and Mike Pesca on the big topics this week.
The Assassin's Veto
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-assassins-veto
Published: September 10, 2025 22:28
What the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk tells us about the dangers facing the American Republic.
An Open Society Requires Constant Vigilance
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-price-of-the-open-society-is
Published: September 10, 2025 20:30
Liberalism is built on paradoxes—but we have a duty to defend it
Abundance Is a Vehicle For Community
https://www.persuasion.community/p/abundance-is-a-vehicle-for-community
Published: September 10, 2025 15:30
Why investing in infrastructure can bolster a healthy liberalism.
The Wanton Destruction of American Power
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-wanton-destruction-of-american
Published: September 9, 2025 16:01
Trump’s team promised restraint. Instead, they’re taking a sledgehammer to U.S. influence abroad.
Tom Ginsburg on Whether America Should Adopt a New Constitution
https://www.persuasion.community/p/tom-ginsburg-on-whether-america-should
Published: September 9, 2025 14:20
Yascha Mounk and Tom Ginsburg discuss the strengths of the U.S. political system.
It's Time To Stop Being Carried Away By Conspiracy Theories
https://www.persuasion.community/p/its-time-to-stop-being-carried-away
Published: September 8, 2025 20:00
What if it turns out that the global elite wasn’t actually implicated in Epstein’s sex crimes?