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Glenn Loury (Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University) and Bret Weinstein (bretweinstein.net)

Ivo Daalder, coauthor of the new book The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership and a former US ambassador to NATO, answers the question.

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Reid Hoffman, author of the new book Blitzscaling, recalls his days at PayPal—and the trial and error that led to the company’s winning strategy.

Bill Black and Erin Bartram discuss patronizing attitudes that exist towards devout women and minorities.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss Ezra Klein’s essay on the former House speaker’s legacy.

Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Dave Donovan discuss the new far-right meme that accuses liberals of lacking an inner life.

Journalist Marcy Wheeler discusses how that could happen and what it could mean for Trump.

Glenn Loury argues that black identity and national pride aren’t mutually exclusive.

Robert Wright and Michael Holleran, a Catholic priest and Zen teacher, discuss whether the Buddhist experience of “not-self” is really so different from experiences of Hindu and Christian mystics.

Matt Lewis argues that the Democrats’ presidential nominee should make Trump look old and out-of-touch.

Philosophers Dan Kaufman and Massimo Pigliucci rethink the common assumptions in the question of free will.

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