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Michael Fuerstein

@michaelfuerstein.bsky.social

Social and political philosopher at Saint Olaf College. Lapsed jazz musician. Author of *Experiments in Living Together: How Democracy Drives Social Progress*, OUP 2024 (https://shorturl.at/knxWf)

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Michael Fuerstein@michaelfuerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

A 🧵 Re Meta's elimination of fact-checkers: 1/ A strict "no-gatekeepers" norm is worse for truth, so long as the gatekeepers are trustworthy. But if the gatekeepers are appointed based on the financial interests/ideological whims of two oligarchs, the cost/benefit for society is unclear at best.

Michael Fuerstein@michaelfuerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

Political theorists: What are your favorite (in the sense of most interesting to engage with) conservative and left/Marxist critiques of democracy? I'm looking for stuff I can assign to undergraduates. Refreshing my "Democracy: Rule of the Ignorant?" syllabus. Thanks!

Alex Guerrero@alexgphilosophy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Rutgers political philosophy representing with two new OUP books, and two of the only Cuban-American political philosophers also representing with those same two books… Check out Lottocracy and Boxed In!

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Gabriele Contessa@gabecontessa.bsky.social · 2y ago

Social Epistemologists: I was trying to populate a starter pack for us manually but got lazy and thought it would be much more fun to turn this into a game! Post a link to your favourite paper you wrote on the topic below with a post-length abstract and I’ll add you to it! #PhilSky #SocEpis

Michael Fuerstein@michaelfuerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

My working music for today: A seamless two-hour, genre-spanning, cross-fading narrative masterpiece of musical delights. No lyrics (except for a tiny bit of sampled talking at the outset). Mellow enough to simmer in the background, but will reward attention if given. soundcloud.com/otherpeopler...

OP 𓅛 mix 6 - Nicolas Jaar - (BBC Essential Mix 2012)

Other People is a record label started in New York City in 2013 by Nicolás Jaar. In its 10 years of existence, it has featured the sonic work of over 70 music releases, highlights include Terepa (2015

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Michael Bang Petersen@m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 2y ago

The victory march of democracy has ended What can we as researchers do? In the Scandinavian countries, a particular tool is available: Democracy & Power Studies. The Danish government appointed me as director of such a study. We started our work this year. A 🧵 on what we do & how we do it 1/8

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Michael Fuerstein@michaelfuerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

Political philosophers/theorists: What are you assigning your undergraduates to help them make sense of authoritarian populism? I like Jan-Werner Müller's *What is Populism?*, though I think it does a better job of explaining how populism works than why humanity is perpetually tempted by it.

Michael Fuerstein@michaelfuerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/2 I listen to music constantly while I'm working. So I have a deep rotation of stuff, assembled over the years. For me, good "working music" means: (a) no words, (b) mellow enough to sit in the background, (c) varied enough to keep my mind going, (d) compelling even if I'm actively listening.

Michael Fuerstein@michaelfuerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

My undergrads just read Daniel Bell's *The China Model*. Last week I asked them to imagine that they could push a button which would instantly replace the U.S. Senate with the top 100 performers on a test combining (i) knowledge of economics, philosophy, law, and history +...