June 03, 2016
Against Biblical Literalism
And now for something completely different. I’m not religious, so I have no dog in this fight. But here’s a quick take on Biblical literalism, and why, to me, it…
Author: Jason Brennan
May 18, 2016
Democracy and Political Ignorance, Second Edition
Stanford University press has published the 2nd Edition of Ilya Somin’s Democracy and Political Ignorance. The first edition was an excellent work, with a concise overview of the phenomenon, powerful rebuttals to…
May 18, 2016
The Case for Taking Peter Singer to McDonald’s
A funny post from Eric Schwitzgebel. Excerpt: I’m highly allergic to shellfish. I’m allergic enough that cross-contamination is an issue: If I’m served something that has been fried on the…
May 18, 2016
Stanley on Free Market Ideology
UPDATE: Make sure to read the comments posted below from Stanley, who claims I’ve misunderstood the thesis of this essay. His comments are entirely reasonable. In re-reading his essay after…
May 17, 2016
Save the Jobs!
The New York Times reports that automation may be coming to long-distance trucking. Oh, no, think of all the lost jobs! Capitalism’s relentless pursuit of cold hard efficiency will be…
May 17, 2016
Ignorance, Misinformation, Irrationality
Chapter 2 of my forthcoming book Against Democracy is titled “Ignorant, Irrational, Misinformed Nationalists”. In that chapter, among other things, I review the empirical work on voter knowledge and behavior and…