Hi Rob! Loved your post about politics being too meta.
OK so you’re all obviously aware of Kelsey Piper, Dylan Matthews etc. And probably Zeynep Tufekci.
In the UK, I think it’s worth paying attention to Ian Leslie, who is very interested in these topics (he’s a big fan of Julia Galef’s podcast, for instance). The (London) Times’s science correspondent, Tom Whipple, thinks in quite an EA-ish sort of way, I think.
People who are less obviously EA-ish but make me think might include Helen Lewis and Alex Hern – Alex for instance is quite a long way to the left of me but always thoughtful; I love his The World is Yours* newsletter because it either explains tech stuff that I wouldn’t understand, or it approaches things from some quite left-wing angles in ways that make me think about stuff.
That’s entirely off the top of my head. If I think of any more while I’m writing other replies I’ll come back and add them.
It’s worth adding that both Stephen Bush and Jeremy Cliffe at the New Statesman both do prediction posts and review them at the end of each year. The meme is spreading! They’re also two of the best journalists to follow about UK Labour politics (Bush) and EU politics (Cliffe) - if you’re interested in those topics, as I am.
Thanks, Tom. :) I’m interested to hear about reporters who aren’t “EA-ish” but are worth paying attention to anyway — I think sometimes EA’s blind spots arise from things that don’t have the EA “vibe” but that would come up in a search anyway if you just classified writers by “awesome”, “insightful”, “unusually rigorous and knowledgeable”, “getting at something important”, etc.
Hi Rob! Loved your post about politics being too meta.
OK so you’re all obviously aware of Kelsey Piper, Dylan Matthews etc. And probably Zeynep Tufekci.
In the UK, I think it’s worth paying attention to Ian Leslie, who is very interested in these topics (he’s a big fan of Julia Galef’s podcast, for instance). The (London) Times’s science correspondent, Tom Whipple, thinks in quite an EA-ish sort of way, I think.
People who are less obviously EA-ish but make me think might include Helen Lewis and Alex Hern – Alex for instance is quite a long way to the left of me but always thoughtful; I love his The World is Yours* newsletter because it either explains tech stuff that I wouldn’t understand, or it approaches things from some quite left-wing angles in ways that make me think about stuff.
That’s entirely off the top of my head. If I think of any more while I’m writing other replies I’ll come back and add them.
It’s worth adding that both Stephen Bush and Jeremy Cliffe at the New Statesman both do prediction posts and review them at the end of each year. The meme is spreading! They’re also two of the best journalists to follow about UK Labour politics (Bush) and EU politics (Cliffe) - if you’re interested in those topics, as I am.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2020/12/what-i-got-right-and-wrong-2020
https://www.newstatesman.com/international/places/2020/12/january-i-made-ten-predictions-2020-how-did-they-turn-out
gah I’m annoyed I didn’t think of Stephen! A great journalist. I don’t know Jeremy’s work well but I’ve heard good things
Thanks, Tom. :) I’m interested to hear about reporters who aren’t “EA-ish” but are worth paying attention to anyway — I think sometimes EA’s blind spots arise from things that don’t have the EA “vibe” but that would come up in a search anyway if you just classified writers by “awesome”, “insightful”, “unusually rigorous and knowledgeable”, “getting at something important”, etc.
For people who missed my post: Politics Is Far Too Meta