Plato would have loved Twitter. All-time poster energy.

Absolutely love how Plato was a judgmental misanthrope even on his deathbed

theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

My office was right by the encampment, and I cannot understand how it interferes with exams. It’s that little red circle.

Not a single notable the protest in the history of modern protest would meet the requirements of “acceptable” protest from many past free speech advocates.

Amazing news for HKS

We’re excited to share that Jeremy M. Weinstein, a renowned scholar of political science, experienced academic leader, and dedicated public servant will become dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on July 1. ken.sc/3UCDH5T

What are the electoral consequences of democratic governments using violence against their citizens? Daniel de Kadt, Ada Johnson-Kanu, & Melissa Sands demonstrate how & and when voters hold incumbents electorally responsible.
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How do we govern problems like climate change, pensions, infrastructure, or demographic shifts, which span more than a generation?
In *Long Problems* I try to explain why that's hard politically, but also what strategies might work. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

I really regret going back to work repeatedly when I was too mentally ill to do so and then letting colleagues down, often in a very messy and last minute fashion. I was desperate to be well and back working effectively but funnily enough my recovery was not linear and I couldn’t…

The top issues for young voters are inflation, health care, and housing — there’s no particularly large bloc of youth climate voters or anything else weird.

slowboring.com/p/young-voters…

UK politics is still in some ways stuck in 2018, unable to fully comprehend the choices that have to be made around Brexit, and hoping there is some magic politically saleable solution. There wasn't then, there isn't now, and until we accept this, progress will be very slow...

22 years-old and just led her team to the #BarclaysWSL . Incredible 😍

#CPFC | @Aimee_Everett

Just got back from the cinema.

One thing about the UK's slowdown is most of it was also experienced by peer countries. So the bit left to explain is about 0.5-1ppt per year.

If most of a 4ppt Brexit prod shock has come through, then about half of the slowdown vs Europe is down to that

marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

Hilariously (and distressingly) Jews are supposed to find comfort in the fact that this monument has to be covered up for lots of events and by a different public authority. (This is perfectly right for the police to point out. But it is, naturally, the opposite of reassuring.)

My quick thoughts on Javier Milei.

An illustration abt why AI-driven social network feeds will never be anything like news orgs. I revile Jill Stein, horrible impact on American public life. She did not make this Poland comment. Didn't happen. And yet it's still a lead in Twitter's (sorry X's) AI news aggreator.

This line is ice cold

Hard to believe this is actually out, but happy to see that it is. Thankful to the many colleagues & friends who helped me make it happen.