Show notes
Richard Hanania is the president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI), author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy, a visiting fellow at UT Austin, and the writer of richardhanania.substack.com. He is a brilliant analyst and policy thinker of social change, bureaucracy, civil rights law, and political institutions. We discuss those topics, five of his articles linked below, as well as how civil rights law made everything illegal, groomerism as right-wing wokeness, a foreign perspective on US foreign policy and propaganda, how activists disconnect policy from the public, the failure of expertise, the failure of “contrarians”, misuse of philosophy of science and Eric Weinstein, mental illness in Gen-Z, differences between neuroticism and feminization, and the effect of social media on policy. This week’s audio essay is a shorter one concerning extremists as saboteurs. Richard Hanania on Twitter:https://twitter.com/RichardHananiaRichard Hanania’s substack articles:David Shor on campaign ads:https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/09/david-shor-democrats-privileged-college-kid-problem-514992Pew Research Pollhttps://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology-2/Yuen Yuen Ang: China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruptionhttps://www.amazon.ca/Chinas-Gilded-Age-Economic-Corruption/dp/1108478603My interview with Steve Hsu: fromthenew.worldRichard’s interview with Gail Hariot:Timestamps2:20 Audio essay6:42 Interview Start8:24 Cactus' Asch Conformity Simulation8:55 "People are Shockingly Dishonest"10:57 Late Blooming14:52 Foreign Policy Lying18:19 Democracy Narratives23:13 Tribal Beliefs26:40 Asian Vote28:47 Feminization33:05 Does Social Media Benefit Democrats or Republicans?41:56 Liberals Read, Conservatives Watch TV50:45 The Ideal Conservative Strategy54:25 Florida's School Bills56:27 Incentive-Aligned Corruption1:00:54 Demagogues1:04:58 Rising Conservative Activists1:07:03 Why Everything is Controlled By Activists (and Therefore Liberal)1:14:26 Why are obscure right-wing people better than obscure left-wing people?1:23:13 Moral Panics, and Why Cactus Distrusts the Right1:25:48 Stats tests violate disparate impact1:30:50 Is it Feminization or Neuroticism?1:40:23 Failure of "Expertise"1:47:02 Eric Weinstein and Philosophy of Science1:51:05 Too Much Order, Needs More Chaos1:53:48 Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe
