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Sohrab Ahmari on the Israel-Iran War and its Aftermath

1 week ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid |Sohrab Ahmari

The Israel-Iran war is about to enter its sixth day. As of this recording — Wednesday evening, June 18 — President Trump has not announced whether the United States will join the Israeli war effort. During this unpleasant lull, and invited to discuss what we can expect from the war and its aftermath. In recent days, Sohrab has emerged as an essential commentator on the Iran Israel war.
Is Israel's Attack on Iran legal?

1 week ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic

As the Israel-Iran war has worn on, there has been a lot of hand-wringing about whether Israel’s attack on Iran was preemptive or preventive. The former is “legal” and the latter is not under modern theories of international law. I don’t think the distinction really matters in large part because I’m a skeptic of international law, which I tend to see as little more than retroactive moralizing rhetoric by preening Western liberal powers.
Livestream: War in Iran

2 weeks ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Santiago Ramos |Damir Marusic

It’s finally happened: Israel has attacked Iran. Wisdom of Crowds executive editor joined for a live-streamed emergency q&a about the latest Middle East crisis. What do we know? What can we expect in the near future? What does this mean for the Middle East in the long term? And why does Damir think that Israel is America’s “junkyard dog”?
What Kanye West Thinks He's Doing

2 weeks ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Santiago Ramos

Why do artists try so hard to shock the public? Why is Kanye West singing about Hitler? Why are New York artists dabbling with fascism? The novelist and cultural critic joins and to discuss these questions and more. Last week, Tara published an essay on Wisdom of Crowds titled “The Point of Pissing People Off.” In it, she tries to figure out whether there is something positive at work in transgression and provocation — something good that comes out of shocking art.
The Future of AI and the Future of Humanity

3 weeks ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Samuel Kimbriel |Santi Ruiz

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -40:05Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Is tech replacing humanity? Or is it sharpening the question of what it means to be human? What does it mean to live a good life — as opposed to passable life? What features of humanity become more important by contrast and necessity in the technological age? Is it possible to find a higher version of humanity in order to thrive?
To Insist on the Miraculous is to Deny the Machine

1 month ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic

Earlier this week, Wisdom of Crowds recorded a live episode of the show at Bistro Cacao here in DC with the great (audio coming soon). The topic was Artificial Intelligence and what it’s doing to humanity; if these things really achieve the promise that our Silicon Valley overlords are heralding, how will not only our lives, but our very sense of meaning, purpose and relationship to the world be changed? Me, I came down hard on the doom-and-gloom side of the ledger.
How to Think About Power and Morality

1 month ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:15:14Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. As subscribers of Wisdom of Crowds will know, the war in Gaza has preoccupied for over a year now, and has taken a central place in his political thinking. begins this episode by challenging Shadi on this point. Is he giving too much importance to one political and moral cause over all others? And is he giving too much importance to morality as such in geopolitics?
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1 month ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:15:14Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. As subscribers of Wisdom of Crowds will know, the war in Gaza has preoccupied for over a year now, and has taken a central place in his political thinking. begins this episode by challenging Shadi on this point. Is he giving too much importance to one political and moral cause over all others? And is he giving too much importance to morality as such in geopolitics?
I'm Not As Open-Minded As I Used To Be

1 month ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Shadi Hamid

I’m not as “open-minded” as I used to be. This puts me in a somewhat awkward position as someone who has long argued that basically nothing — and no one — should be beyond the pale when it comes to debating, short of actual, current members of terrorist organizations and admitted white supremacists. Wisdom of Crowdsis against consensus, so we seek out difference even when it’s uncomfortable. That’s the point.
Make Greatness Great Again

1 month ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid |David Polansky

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -47:27Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Our special guest this week, is a political theorist and commentator who lives in Canada. A frequent contributor to Wisdom of Crowds, he joins and to discuss two excellent recent essays.