Democrats, Data Commons, 1930s, Epistocracy, Kindle Unlimited - Five Things - Issue #269

After victories by progressive candidates in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Maryland, young liberals are trying to remake the party into a ferocious opposition force.

Before, and after? A theme of my writing over the past ten or so years has been the role of data in society. I tend to frame that role anthropologically: How have we adapted to this n…