Robert Wright's Nonzero (private feed for eveningglass@gmail.com)
Society & Culture:Philosophy
Parrot Room: LA Proved Too Much for the Parrot
That’s Mr. Pedo-Peter to you, buddy. Mickey won’t reveal his cell phone code names. Are you a hyperbolic Menckenite or an elitist Menckenite? Will Mickey finally admit that the refundable child tax credit is dead? New alarming Hunter theory: He’s got the goods on Joe. Great sex tapes we haven’t seen. Why do Bob and Mickey hate the word ‘agency’? Defending Jill’s breakfast tacos. Bob risks cancellation over bodegas. Mickey’s periodic attempt to argue that the Iraq War may have paid off. Bob on Biden’s military threats against Iran. Do Israelis want the Iran deal back? Bob’s Atlantic conspiracy theory—not as complex as Mickey had hoped. Dredging up Graeme Wood’s greatest hit. Has Musk peaked? The key political question of our time. Does the Washington Post toe Bezos’s line? Did Starbucks have agency in its own demise? Why even Mickey should be interested in the British Open. Has Tiger been completely rehabilitated, PR-wise? Sri Lanka and Jan 6. Jason Furman thinks Joe Manchin was wrong. Mickey’s not-so-hidden grudge against Justin Wolfers. How many of Mickey’s friends think he’s how crazy? Parrot makes it through another week without a name. Will liberals turn against Mayorkas? If you thought the parrot’s Macarthur Park was Grammy worthy…
This dialogue is (in part, at least) a continuation of a publicly available dialogue taped earlier in the day.
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