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1 week ago | 
nonzero.org | Robert Wright |Connor Echols
Note: If you want to listen to the livestream I did on YouTube with Nikita Petrov and Boris Shoshitaishvili last Friday, it’s now on the NonZero podcast feed. And if you want to join Nikita and Boris for their next livestream—the official launch of their kosmic new show Kosmopolitika—just click this link this Monday, April 14, at 1 pm US Eastern Time.
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2 weeks ago | 
nonzero.org | Connor Echols |Robert Wright
—In a move that CNN called a “massive show of force” aimed at Iran and Yemen’s Houthis, the US military moved six B-2 bombers to an island base in the Indian Ocean. B-2s can carry the largest bombs in the US arsenal, including “bunker busters” that could destroy underground Houthi hideouts or underground Iranian nuclear facilities.
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4 weeks ago | 
nonzero.org | Jefferson Morley |Robert Wright
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2 months ago | 
nonzero.org | Robert Wright |Mark Leon Goldberg |Robert Wright
This episode includes an Overtime segment that’s available to paid subscribers. If you’re not a paid subscriber, we of course encourage you to become one. If you are a paid subscriber, you can access the complete conversation either via the audio and video on this post or by setting up the paid-subscriber podcast feed, which includes all exclusive audio content.
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2 months ago | 
nonzero.org | Peter Beinart |Robert Wright
This episode includes an Overtime segment that’s available to paid subscribers. If you’re not a paid subscriber, we of course encourage you to become one. If you are a paid subscriber, you can access the complete conversation either via the audio and video on this post or by setting up the paid-subscriber podcast feed, which includes all exclusive audio content.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Robert Wright
“Progressive realism”, according to Wikipedia, is “a foreign policy paradigm largely made popular by Robert Wright”. That’s me! So in principle I should have been gratified by the recent Foreign Affairs essay “The Case for Progressive Realism”, by British politician David Lammy. And I should be close to ecstatic now that Lammy, thanks to the Labour Party victory in last week’s election, is Britain’s foreign secretary. Yet I’m not feeling festive.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
medium.com | Robert Wright
Procrastination — a common foe that plagues many of us at one point or another on our journey towards productivity and success. Whether it’s putting off important tasks, delaying decision-making, or succumbing to distractions, procrastination can hinder our progress and prevent us from reaching our full potential. However, with the right strategies and mindset, we can overcome procrastination and unlock our productivity.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Robert Wright
Super Tuesday has come and gone, leaving in its wake the harsh reality of this year’s presidential election: In less than eight months, America will have to choose between an 81-year-old who sometimes seems older than his age and a 78-year-old who sometimes seems younger than his age — like 12, maybe 13 years old. Not surprisingly, polls show that there is less enthusiasm within each party for its candidate than there was during the last matchup between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Robert Wright
Robert Wright, whose books include “The Moral Animal” and “Nonzero,” publishes the Nonzero Newsletter and hosts the Nonzero podcast. This essay originally appeared in the Nonzero Newsletter.
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Jun 21, 2023 | 
russiamatters.org | Ho-Chun Herbert Chang |Robert Wright |Lauren Kahn
Report Card*Change in control of Ukrainian territory Since Feb. 24: Russia: +25,000 square miles. 11% of Ukraine. Area equivalent to Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut combined. Ukraine: 0. Ukraine has not taken any territory controlled by Russia before the 2022 invasion. Since Aug. 29 Ukrainian counteroffensive: Ukraine +6,760 square miles. 3% of Ukraine. Area equivalent to Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. Russia: +420. Ukraine: +7,180.
