Wandering around an infinitely complex, ever-changing world.
Professor at University College London. Contributing Writer for The Atlantic. Author of FLUKE: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters and CORRUPTIBLE. Creator of the award-winning Power Corrupts podcast.
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democracy and dictatorship, Russia and Ukraine, America and Europe, local and global, past and present
New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.
A Substack that explores how we can develop our "moral muscle" to stand up for democracy -- and each other -- in this critical moment. Plus insight and analysis at the intersection of law, national security, and the intelligence community.
1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.