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Digressionsnimpress.

@nescio13

A philosopher employed in a political science department as a political theorist. Also known as the Ghent Zeppelin. I use twitter primarily to share my blog,

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Joined August 2014
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It's the dead of Summer, so time for a🧵on why in Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith does not hold the labor theory of value (LTV). #yeshereistand. 1/
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On Hume and Montesquieu on the Art of Politics Inside Spontaneous Order. digressionsimpressions.subst…
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@MaxSkjonsberg maybe amusing
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It would be funny if the AI boom on the stockmarket was just a play on easy (and greasy) access to the White House.
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Digressionsnimpress.@nescio13Nov 4
On the advantage of Montesquieu’s morphological science, and his account of blind vice. digressionsimpressions.subst…
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On the advantage of Montesquieu’s morphological science, and his account of blind vice. digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Maybe amusing to @Christo66947097 @zenahitz
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Zena Hitz@zenahitzNov 4
Jennifer is being coy. What comes after MAGA is MALAGA, Make All Liberal Arts Great Again. We have both been working on this overtime.
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What comes after MAGA?
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Jan Eijking@Jan_EijkingNov 3
Fabulous new article in @AJPS_Editor by Geertje Bol – on the "double standard of ambition" 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Few human qualities are as morally unstable as ambition: We seem unable to decide whether to admire or condemn the desire for self-advancement. This instability guarantees double standards—and none...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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He would have loved this
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On Anakin’s Soul digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Geerten Waling
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"Een centraal argument in mijn boek is dat we wetenschappelijke instellingen moeten bestuderen op de manier waarop economen hebben geleerd om overheden te bestuderen: niet als verzamelingen belangeloze dienaren van het algemeen belang, maar als actoren die reageren op prikkels." (Google Translate.) Interessante materie, @ewinsberg @nescio13 ericwinsberg.substack.com/p/…
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Another substack sneak peak at my book, this one mostly made out of excerpts. with mentions of @nescio13 and @ExpertiseUnder
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Eric Winsberg@ewinsbergNov 3
Another substack sneak peak at my book, this one mostly made out of excerpts. with mentions of @nescio13 and @ExpertiseUnder
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Digressionsnimpress.@nescio13Nov 2
Smith on the Oppression of Wage Labor and Slavery digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Ethan BdM@ethanbdmNov 2
Friends, it is time for some old-school Twitter pedantry. A Condorcet cycle is absolutely not "a demonstration of Arrow's theorem in the wild." 1/
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I made some plots to help visualize why coalition formation in Israel is so difficult right now We are witnessing an extremely rare situation that political scientists call a "Condorcet cycle" - a demonstration of Arrow's impossibility theorem in the wild!
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Smith on the Oppression of Wage Labor and Slavery digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Good discussion of state capacity liberalism by Eric @nescio13 digressionsimpressions.subst…
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On Resilience in State Capacity Liberalism digressionsimpressions.subst…
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On Resilience in State Capacity Liberalism digressionsimpressions.subst…
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On Locke on Natural Differences in Children digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Digressionsnimpress.@nescio13Oct 28
Montesquieu and the Inconsistencies of Modern education digressionsimpressions.subst…
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