What the Midterms Mean
Does the vibe shift mean people love Democrats? Or do they only hate Trump and MAGA?
Culture
Wisdom of Crowds.
Shadi Hamid and Damir Marusic on politics, philosophy, and first principles.
Recent essays
30 of 58How Ukraine Keeps Fighting
With Bojan Pancevski, author of The Nord Stream Conspiracy.
Can AI Save Us From the Writers?
The internet turned intellectual life into reality TV. Now the machines are offering a way out.
Taylor Lorenz is no AI doomer
Apocalyptic cults, falling in love with chatbots and why the internet isn’t ruining our lives.
Move Like Heaven, Hold Like Earth
What China's oldest ideas are teaching its newest machines.
Birth / Death
On first and last things in the AI age.
The Case for Hell
Why politics is better off if damnation is religion’s job
PERSONA: Is ‘Super-Intelligence’ Intelligent?
A live event. 10/12. DC.
Can Religion Save Democracy? October 8th
Live Wisdom of Crowds debate and book party in Washington, DC
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PERSONA: Beyond the AI Backlash
We’re discovering what we stand against. But what do we stand for?
The Last Gasp of Liberal Faith
Revisiting Barack Obama’s 2006 Speech on religion and politics
LIVE: In Defense of Human Nature
A conversation with Francis Fukuyama
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Humanity Matters
An opening provocation
Persona Launch Party: In Defense of Human Nature with Francis Fukuyama
drinking at the end of history
Is the Left's Moment Really Real This Time?
Sam Adler-Bell on patriotism, the payoff of radicalism, and why his caution keeps being proven wrong.
Where's Your Red Line?
Shadi thinks the DSA has a winning formula for politics. Damir wants to know what happens when the constraints are gone.
Anthropic's Jack Clark: AI or Democracy
Can the technology rushing toward us can coexist with self-government — or quietly replace it?
The Death of the Chatbot
Say goodbye to your little friend.
Speaking the Unspeakable
Join us on May 29 for an intimate evening salon to talk about forbidden things. In partnership with Interintellect.
Invitation, June 18, NYC: Interview with Jack Clark
AI and the Good Society
What If We Fired All the Politicians?
Hélène Landemore and Osita Nwanevu on lotteries, legitimacy, and the rights of the shy.
Church and Empire
Trump, the Pope, and the war nobody bothered to justify.
Politics Without Politicians
Live Podcast Recording—May 7; Bistro Cacao, Washington, DC
Did We Get Hungary Wrong?
Julian Waller on Orbán's fall, Magyar's rise, and a decade of bad shorthand.
Anti-Politics and the Counter-Revolution
Giovanni Orsina on whether Europe can survive the populist moment.
Peter Beinart on Why the "Right to Exist" is the Wrong Question
The harder question is what should actually replace it.
Techno Humanism? A Debate with Antón Barba-Kay and Jason Crawford
Live Podcast Recording—April 7; The Crown & Crow, Washington, DC
Does Israel Have a "Right" to Exist?
No. But that doesn't mean it should be dissolved either.