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🌍 Geopolitics
February 08, 2026

#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex

Scott Horton is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, co-host of Provoked, and for the past three decades a staunch critic of U.S. military interventionism. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep478-sc See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA – submit quest...

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🌍 Geopolitics
February 04, 2026

The Politics of Empty Chairs

The Politics of Empty Chairs There is a way to read foreign policy that does not run through solemn speeches or spectacular crises, but through the spaces that are left empty. In recent weeks, the United States has announced its withdrawal from an impressive number of international bodies: technical forums, UN agencies, scientific platforms, cooperation programs. Taken one by one, many of these announcements mean little to the public. Considered together, however, they tell a coherent story—a...

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🎭 Culture
February 04, 2026

Cardinal Dolan: By No Means Finished Yet

There’s a steakhouse on East 50th Street in midtown Manhattan, to which Cardinal Timothy Dolan and I would sometimes walk for dinner after a preprandial or two in his. The post Cardinal Dolan: By No Means Finished Yet appeared first on First Things

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👥 Society
February 08, 2026

A new hypothesis (from my email)

From Anonymous: Hello Professor Cowen, I hope all is well with you and that you have navigated the recent weather alright. I have a thought that I wanted to run by you that related to phones and teen anxiety. You have cited a variety of studies that say that phones and social media do not cause anxiety. […] The post A new hypothesis (from my email) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsThis artificial debate about the effects of social media on . by 3 seconds on a catapultI would say...

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