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"At stake in the current crisis is the legitimacy and sustainability of Western Europe’s political and economic model." @EconDarioMarino on how Europe's ballooning debt constrains its response to the current protests: compactmag.com/article/europ…
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“The maidens of Jerusalem didn’t go to the vineyards alone, and today’s young singles shouldn’t have to face the dating market alone either.” Ezra Seplowitz and Matthew Minsk on why matchmaking is better than Hinge: compactmag.com/article/match…
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For generations, getting married and starting a family were key to becoming an adult. Now we treat them as things you do after adulthood is established. And now neither seems to be happening. Maybe it's time we took a cue from religious communities. compactmag.com/article/match…
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“If you would entrust your hopes for lifelong companionship to an algorithm, you shouldn’t be afraid to listen to family and friends who have your interests at heart.” Ezra Seplowitz and Matthew Mintz on what America can learn from Jewish matchmaking: compactmag.com/article/match…
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Gil Durán’s “The Nerd Reich” has been hailed as “stunning” and “transfixing"; I haven't seen a single negative review of it. In fact, it’s a bad book that explains basically nothing about the “tech right.” tinyurl.com/3k7f6vt8
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Marijuana use among parents of minor children has spiked to over 5 percent compactmag.com/article/liber…
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The effects of the legalization of vices like weed and gambling are provoking a backlash—even in Massachussets. To meet the moment, liberals must update their laissez-faire attitudes, says @ehaspel: compactmag.com/article/liber…
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Public opinion is turning against vices like weed and gambling, but liberal politicians remain mostly unwilling to reconsider laissez-faire policies. That needs to change, argues @ehaspel: compactmag.com/article/liber…
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In 1969, Martin Sklar offered a theory of the “disaccumulation of capital”—the disappearance of human labor from the production process. Sklar's account of the liberatory promise and looming peril of automation has new relevance, argues @JohnBJudis: compactmag.com/article/how-a…
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Cristian Mungiu came to prominence for a film about life under an anti-abortion dictatorship. His latest film, “Fjord,” exposes the intolerance of the liberal, secular West. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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AI promises to upend the capitalist order by massively reducing the need for human labor—a prospect explored by Martin Sklar in 1969. @JohnBJudis revisits Sklar’s prescient argument: compactmag.com/article/how-a…
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Martin Sklar’s “On the Proletarian Revolution and the End of Political Economy” is an obscure 1969 contribution to early left-wing debates about automation and cybernetics. But it is massively relevant again, argues @JohnBJudis: compactmag.com/article/how-a…
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AI promises to upend the capitalist order by massively reducing the need for human labor—a prospect explored by Martin Sklar in 1969. @JohnBJudis revisits Sklar’s prescient argument: compactmag.com/article/how-a…
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