Summary: Musa al-Gharbi argues that traditional progressive narratives about voting behavior, such as racism and sexism, don’t explain the 2024 election results, where younger voters shifted toward Trump. He proposes a new direction for the Democratic Party, emphasizing economic growth, effective public systems, and unity over identity politics. Additionally, there are signs that advancements in AI may be slowing down, while U.S. life expectancy is on the rise again.
Green tech is one of the keys to productivity acceleration in the decades ahead. Coincidentally, batteries also happen to be the thing that will power the weapons that dominate the battlefield in the years to come — drones and other EVs. (View Highlight)
If education was mostly about proving your intelligence or conscientiousness or conformity or whatever, then making kids study less or skip lecture wouldn’t have much of an effect on their labor market outcomes. But it does. (View Highlight)