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Climate Change: Prophets and Wizards

How we understand Climate Change. And what we think we should or shouldn’t do about it.

Dec 30, 2020

Climate Change: Prophets and Wizards

Dec 30, 2020

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How we understand the Free Speech and Cancel Culture debate

For our latest conversation, Jay and I will focus on the debate around free speech, cancel culture, The Letter and controversial firings…

Aug 10, 2020

How we understand the Free Speech and Cancel Culture debate

Aug 10, 2020

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Coronavirus conversation continued: the present and future of life in cities

Since our last conversation, New York City continues to be locked down. Some cities and states around the country are starting to open up…

Jun 25, 2020

Coronavirus conversation continued: the present and future of life in cities

Jun 25, 2020

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Trying to understand the Coronavirus while living through it

Since our last post, the world has changed markedly around us. We’re writing this post over a video call, while quarantined in our…

Apr 17, 2020

Trying to understand the Coronavirus while living through it

Apr 17, 2020

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Democracy’s James Harden Problem

In 2020, we’ve decided to try a new approach to this blog. Instead of writing 800–3,000 word essays back and forth. We’re going to try…

Feb 20, 2020

Democracy’s James Harden Problem

Feb 20, 2020

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Morality and public policy

A few days ago, on a weekend morning run through Brooklyn, I listened to a podcast conversation between Tyler Cowen and Kwame Anthony…

Aug 24, 2019

Morality and public policy

Aug 24, 2019

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U.S. Women’s Soccer and the question of equal pay

Jay wrote about the U.S. Women’s Soccer team, their World Cup success and the conversation kicked off by their recent lawsuit alleging…

Jul 23, 2019

U.S. Women’s Soccer and the question of equal pay

Jul 23, 2019

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Goodbye to all that…centrism?

Over the last 2 plus years, I’ve found myself thinking about political centrism on a number of occasions. After the 2016 election in the…

Jun 1, 2019

Goodbye to all that…centrism?

Jun 1, 2019

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Exactly how much does race matter?

Race and racism have been constant features of our news cycle for years now. The latest incidents, at the time of this writing, include…

Mar 5, 2019

Exactly how much does race matter?

Mar 5, 2019

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Sports as safe space and the politicization of everything

Jay’s recent post argues that politicizing sports is a bad idea. His description of feeling targeted by the protests, as an NFL fan and…

Oct 15, 2018

Sports as safe space and the politicization of everything

Oct 15, 2018

Samarth Bhaskar

Samarth Bhaskar

Samarth Bhaskar is a data and strategy consultant. He has worked at the New York Times, Etsy and for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.

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