Peter Levine
@peterlevine.bsky.social
Tufts professor of Political Science and Philosophy & Tisch College Associate Dean. Blogging since 2003 at peterlevine.ws
Preparing for a threat to the fall election: peterlevine.ws?p=35941 Responses to the threat @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social has named.
what it would take for the public to trust science peterlevine.ws?p=35917
paradigms of attention: peterlevine.ws?p=35895 (with the Invisible Gorilla and quotes from von Neumann, Simone Weil, and @graham1960.bsky.social )
a power map for civically engaged research in political science: peterlevine.ws?p=35878
there will always be an England (updates on the developing Posh George story, with a digression on Count Binface) peterlevine.ws?p=35868
Propose a Session for the Frontiers of Democracy conference in 2026 peterlevine.ws?p=35856
The essay linked below elaborates on 10 points: 1. Our habitat exhibits temporal regularities 2. We perceive rhythms 3. Our ideas of time are deeply cultural 4. Our direct perceptions of temporal regularities are imperfect 5. We use tools to measure time ... peterlevine.ws?p=35837
ten thoughts about time | Peter Levine
[Caveat: there is a large literature on the philosophy of time that I have not investigated carefully. The following thoughts may be naive.] Like all species on this planet, we evolved in an environme...
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why the humanities could never be automated: peterlevine.ws?p=35823
videos and articles from our spring summit on civics in higher education: peterlevine.ws?p=35793
honor, shame and Southern Christianity: peterlevine.ws?p=35797 (on the use of Ruth Benedict's concept in current evangelical thought) @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
effortful attention and moral responsibility peterlevine.ws?p=35781
taking stock of US green energy policy peterlevine.ws?p=35776
universities and newsrooms as laboratories or debating societies peterlevine.ws?p=35769
How markets predict news. (Why the S&P has risen during the current war.) peterlevine.ws?p=35744
how markets predict news | Peter Levine
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is your consciousness a stream? peterlevine.ws?p=35739
the worlds we can lose when intelligence becomes artificial: peterlevine.ws?p=35714
notes on the papal encyclical on AI: peterlevine.ws?p=35700
an overview of civics in higher education peterlevine.ws?p=35679
people as clusters of attention: peterlevine.ws?p=35640
www.nationalcivicleague.org/ncr-article/...
Will AI Solve Our Wicked Problems? - National Civic League
As artificial intelligence promises to automate ever more of our decision-making, complex, "wicked problems" may be exactly where human judgment remains irreplaceable — and where ceding authority to m...
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is Black Studies Civic Studies? peterlevine.ws?p=35627 (replying to @anecdotal.bsky.social)
is Black Studies Civic Studies? | Peter Levine
Hollis Robbins has a great article about the relationship between Black Studies and Civic Studies or Civic Thought programs. This is a timely question, since Civic Thought initiatives are growing rapi...
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federal spending and employment after a year of Trump peterlevine.ws?p=35587 (several graphs through 2025 or 2026)
Hannah Arendt's love of the world: peterlevine.ws?p=35566