Milgram’s Liberal Daughters
If we explain women’s approach to politics mainly through their greater tendency toward conformity, how do we account for Milgram’s famous experiment and other psychological studies in which participants were…
Women and politics
It’s perfectly normal for young people to vote a little differently from older generations. It’s also normal for men and women to have somewhat different political views. But never before…
On the Decline of Technological Optimism
A thoughtful reader, whom I have mentioned here before, also sent in a note on technological optimism. He suggested that optimism has been replaced by dark dystopian visions because managements…
He’ll do anything to win
“Trump cheats. He’ll do anything to win,” yesterday’s newspapers wrote critically. Wait—critically? What exactly do we, as citizens, want? Do we want a statesman who will do absolutely anything to…
Escape from Berlin
“Anyone who doesn’t want to live in Mogadishu shouldn’t be living in Berlin,” writes Die Welt, urging property owners to sell while they still can. It’s worth noting that Die…
On a Mistake More Harmful Than It Seems
A perceptive reader wrote to me: “The best example of the difference you define between an industrial state and a liberally indolent state is not so much electromobility, but the…