Episode 9: Meritocracy, Depoliticization, and the End of the End of History
Wisdom of Crowds
English - December 12, 2019 11:08 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBNews Commentary News Society & Culture Philosophy Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Shadi and Damir start talking about the appeals and perils of Pete Buttigieg and end up discussing the dangerous dead ends of meritocratic right-think.
Mentioned in the Podcast:
Shadi’s tweetstorm about Mayor Pete (https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1203416084189196288)
Luuk van Middelaar’s latest book (https://www.amazon.com/Alarums-Excursions-Improvising-Politics-European-ebook/dp/B07PHV1Y4M/)
“Lanes Are Starting to Emerge in the 2020 Primary” -Nathaniel Rakich, 538 (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lanes-are-starting-to-emerge-in-the-2020-democratic-primary/)
“Anti-Solutionism as a Strategy” – Natan Sacks, Foreign Affairs (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/israel/2015-10-20/why-israel-waits)