Jon Askonas

2 weeks ago | nationalaffairs.com | Howe Whitman III |Daniel Wiser |Jon Askonas

Media April 13, 2025 The left in America has long accused the right of advancing minority rule and rejecting the principles of democracy. Though there is some truth to that charge, it applies as much to the left itself as it does to the right. A closer look at housing and infrastructure regulations, public-employee unions, professional licensing, and the governance of higher education suggests that "minoritarianism" pervades our politics.

2 months ago | aei.org | Dan Wiser |Howe Whitman |Jon Askonas

Technology is a force for change in the world, both positive and negative. Its ability to rapidly transform our way of life poses an inherent challenge to families. If conservatives wish to restore the family as the foundation of our civilizational order, they must develop a comprehensive theory of technological change. Without it, new technologies will continue to heap disaster on the American family.

2 months ago | nationalaffairs.com | Howe Whitman III |Daniel Wiser |Jon Askonas |John Wood

February 16, 2025 Technology is a force for change in the world, both positive and negative. Its ability to rapidly transform our way of life poses an inherent challenge to families. If conservatives wish to restore the family as the foundation of our civilizational order, they must develop a comprehensive theory of technological change. Without it, new technologies will continue to heap disaster on the American family.

2 months ago | ifstudies.org | Michael Toscano |Brad Littlejohn |Clare Morell |Jon Askonas

A new era of technological change is upon us. It threatens to supplant the human person and make the family functionally and biologically unnecessary. But this anti-human outcome is not inevitable. Conservatives must welcome dynamic innovation, but they should oppose the deployment of technologies that undermine human goods. We must enact policies that elevate the family to a primary constituency of technological advancement.

Dec 9, 2024 | thenewatlantis.com | Jon Askonas

Sign in or Subscribe Now for audio version Let me tell you two stories about the Internet. The first story is so familiar it hardly warrants retelling. It goes like this. The Internet is breaking the old powers of the state, the media, the church, and every other institution. It is even breaking society itself. By subjecting their helpless users to ever more potent algorithms to boost engagement, powerful platforms distort reality and disrupt our politics.