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Wealthy donors such as the LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman have plenty of personal reasons—billions, even—to oppose Lina Khan, @jcbeam writes. But they say they’re motivated by concern for the little guy:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/silicon-valley-lina-khan-antitrust/679655/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“This concept of presidential immunity conjured up by the Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual,” @adamserwer writes. “Until it is overturned, every president is a potential despot.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/roberts-supreme-court-2024-term/678983/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Why Is the Loneliness Epidemic so Hard to Cure?

Maybe because we aren’t thinking about it in the right way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/magazine/loneliness-epidemic-cure.html?smid=em-share

Philosophize This!  website

https://www.philosophizethis.org/

Episode #183 … Is ChatGPT really intelligent?  Stephen West Philosophize

https://youtu.be/8YNyBD6U_h8?si=7yqgzXkYVcC-MaHS

“Harris should seize the opportunity to fully embrace left-wing populism because—despite all the punditry’s moaning about the need to ‘moderate’—populist policies are actually popular,” @Tyler_A_Harper writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/kamala-harris-populism-economics/679492/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Kamala Harris’s proposed federal ban on price gouging might irritate academics—but it makes sense to everyone else. @ZephyrTeachout makes the case for ignoring the economists:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/economists-kamala-harris-price-gouging/679547/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Trump Isn’t Finished

The damage inflicted on the nation during the former president’s first term in office pales in comparison to what he will do if he is elected to a second term.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/opinion/trump-second-term-2025.html?smid=em-share