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Category: <span>Future</span>

Category: Future

Facebook May Be Democracy’s Best Hope

Facebook May Be Democracy’s Best Hope

By Chris Ladd October 5, 2020 October 5, 2020

From polarization to spam, the problems of social media are the problems of democracy.

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Picking a Thread From the Yarn Pile

By Chris Ladd September 20, 2020 September 20, 2020

These are some of the concepts vying for my attention. Which ones do you think are most relevant/interesting right now?

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How Our Second Civil War Begins

How Our Second Civil War Begins

By Chris Ladd May 12, 2019 May 13, 2019

Nowhere else in the free world is abortion an issue of such contention, because nowhere in the free world is a property right in other human beings so deeply embedded in the national soul. The tension between the truths we hold self-evident and the realities we’ve created on the ground will probably not be peacefully resolved.

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Voting Machines, Fake News, and the Future of Democracy

By Chris Ladd August 5, 2018 August 5, 2018

The biggest threat to the integrity of our elections isn’t the machines, but the users.

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What Will Replace Democracy?

By Chris Ladd July 28, 2018 August 5, 2018

What’s Next after democracy may already be ascendant.

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Andrew Yang is Running for President

By Chris Ladd July 26, 2018 July 26, 2018

Andrew Yang is a model of the new capitalist, a breed of pragmatic business professionals thrilled by the potential of markets, yet keenly conscious of market limitations. Tech professionals like Yang are just beginning to exercise their political leverage.

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After ‘The End of History’

By Chris Ladd July 24, 2018 July 24, 2018

If liberal democracy isn’t the pinnacle of human social order, then what is?

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Where Are The Robots?

By Chris Ladd May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018

We are trapped in a push-pull between low unemployment with low pay and higher wages with disappearing jobs. That dynamic will remain as long we retain our cultural and economic dependence on mass employment.

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Fake news highlights the instability of monocultures

By Chris Ladd February 14, 2018 February 14, 2018

Diversity is about more than the humane tolerance of others, it is an evolutionary imperative. We will master a world of looser, more diverse cultural ties, or fall behind those who do.

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A look back at 2017’s “People to Watch”

By Chris Ladd December 16, 2017 December 17, 2017

This year’s first post on Political Orphans described seven prominent, but under-appreciated figures who seemed poised for a breakout year. Here’s a look at what each of them accomplished in 2017.

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