Robert Wright's Nonzero (private feed for eveningglass@gmail.com)
Society & Culture:Philosophy
Queen Elizabeth’s values. Discussion of queen’s values naturally makes Mickey think of the Wagner Act. Here’s a question to ask ex-US Attorney Geoffrey Berman on his book tour. How incriminating is it to have flown on Epstein’s plane? Is it an insult to say Mickey looks like Elliott Gould? Bob shoots down Mickey’s plan to save the Washington Post. Can the Post say things the woke NYT can’t? When the herd wanted to be contrarians. Mickey’s Get-off-my lawn rant #3: Have we given up on reforming the civil service? DeSantis as a symbol for all that ails us. Was Biden’s speech bad in a new way or an old way? What is stray voltage? The irresistible grand unified vision that Biden should resist. Bob’s instant vendetta against James Wolcott. The alternative unifying speech that Biden could still give. And if he doesn’t give it, who can? The End of the Line and job retraining. Why Artemis will lose out to Musk. The mystifying success of Apple’s business model. The week in lab leak. What does Harry Styles have that Mickey doesn’t? AI continues its art offensive. Bob finds evidence of plant consciousness lacking. Gavin Newsom’s fashion breakthrough. How Fetterman could have avoided this jam: the Lurleen Option. Outer space is a dangerous mess. Where is today’s Bernard Trainor? Israel abandons weird West Bank romance rule. How can you decide what the schools teach without suppressing speech? Commenters on Wilford Brimley, Adlai Stevenson, Vladimir Putin, and people who vote for Trump twice. Classy chess-related shibboleth.
This dialogue is (in part, at least) a continuation of a publicly available dialogue taped earlier in the day.
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