Advisors and Momentum

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Another batch of advisors quit the other day. This one was basically a whole advisory committee on HIV/AIDS that walked out en masse because, they said, the president just doesn’t care about HIV/AIDS. They aren’t the first. Elon Musk quit after the US pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, and there have been others.

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Questions for a New Presidentiad

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One of the big things I’d like to do right now is figure out where, exactly the middle of the road is. What exactly would a centerist believe? Where does the country balance? That’s a tough question. Between Hollywood and the Information Age, the loudest voices always seem to get the most play–whether they represent

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Science Fiction Politics

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I’d love to be able to ignore politics entirely. In the perfect world, I’d be in the doomsday bunker with all the other intellectuals and artists, reading a book, and checking the periscope to see if it’s time to come out and repopulate, yet. In the real world, stuff happens, and you realize… The whole

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Politics As An Overheated Machine

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I’m not in love with politics. I’ve never been one of those people who throw on a straw hat and run around with a megaphone, waving the flag, and shouting sound bites. I do kind of like complex systems, though. I love intermodal shipping. I’m passionate about the giant crane that takes apart a train

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