Theory of Change

MAGA is not a monolith, and that’s why Trump’s poll numbers have fallen Stephen Hawkins of @Moreincommon_ joined @mattsheffield to discuss his 11,000 person survey of 2024 Trump voters revealing there are roughly 4 major groups: flux.community/matthew-sheffi…

Here's the link: plus.flux.community/p/in-the-ai-po…

AI is changing industries and economies all over the world. That's why in this age of uncertainty, the best jobs are likely to be found in where generative transformers are weakest--adjudicating between people and world and between people. Much more in our latest episode.

In our latest episode, @ajbauer joins to discuss his new book about how the myth of "liberal media bias" has warped American politics. Even Democrats and the mainstream media have been badly damaged by this manipulation: plus.flux.community/p/how-the-myth…

In our latest episode, Alan Elrod of the Pulaski Institution joins to discuss how James Talarico is setting an example of a liberal Christianity that is unapologetically both--and also inclusive of non-Christians: plus.flux.community/p/is-liberal-c…

@DanielWhiteson @mattsheffield Video, audio, and transcript: plus.flux.community/p/what-imagini… YouTube link: youtu.be/kIowKsw-oHM

Our latest episode is out today! What can imagining aliens can teach us about science and communication? Particle physicist @DanielWhiteson joins @mattsheffield to discuss his new book, ‘Do Aliens Speak Physics?’ Link in reply.

Dobbs v. Jackson was just the beginning of the reactionary assault on women @SusanRinkunas joined @mattsheffield to discuss the right's sprawling effort to eliminate birth control, abortion pills, and women’s rights as a whole: plus.flux.community/p/dobbs-v-jack…

@thesiridahl Here is the full episode link, including video, audio, and transcript: plus.flux.community/p/culture-dati…

Will AI replace human adult content creators? In our latest episode, @thesiridahl says no way. She also discusses her recent doxxing by the Grok chatbot, and her view that it's unethical for adult models to use AI to make content for them. Link in next post.

Caving to the radical right's cultural power never works: @parkermolloy and @mattsheffield discuss how the right polices language rather than make arguments, and why the issue is never the issue. plus.flux.community/p/in-trumps-am…

Democrats are on an election win streak despite having a badly damaged brand, what’s going on? Americans seem like they're being contradictory, but the numbers show that fighting Donald Trump harder is the main thing voters want right now. plus.flux.community/p/democrats-ar…

The women of QAnon: Author @noellecook_com discusses her book, "The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging" plus.flux.community/p/the-women-of…

Legal formalism distorted liberal politics and handed the Supreme Court to the radical right The Nation’s @ElieNYC joins @mattsheffield to discuss how the left misunderstood that jurisprudence is inherently political--and usually conservative. plus.flux.community/p/legal-formal…

In our latest episode, geneticist and philosopher Johannes Jaeger discusses why digital computing metaphors cannot capture how biological minds work plus.flux.community/p/how-you-thin…

Why big tech billionaires are trying to make dystopian science fiction into reality The Nation’s Jeet Heer on how Thiel, Musk, and Bezos are animated by Heinlein, Rand, and Campbell plus.flux.community/p/why-big-tech…

Big tech billionaires are trying to make dystopian science fiction into reality The Nation’s Jeet Heer joined us to discuss how today’s tech oligarchs are trying to enact the authoritarian fantasies of Robert Heinlein and Ayn Rand plus.flux.community/p/why-big-tech…

People sometimes say that quantum physics is "stuck," with no major discoveries since the Higgs boson. This is inaccurate; however, it's worth considering whether the dominance of the "Copenhagen interpretation" of a split between quantum and classical is holding things back.

Thinking outside Schrödinger’s cat box: Reality as quantum Oxford University quantum physicist Vlatko Vedral joined us to discuss his new book proposing to deprecate the Copenhagen paradigm plus.flux.community/p/thinking-out…

Financially struggling Americans have no interest in participating in a political system that’s failed them Sociologist @Daniel_Laurison discusses new research on why many low-income people don't vote plus.flux.community/p/financially-…