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		<title>postdoc opportunity in Civic AI</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civic Studies program at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University, in partnership with the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE), seek to host a Postdoctoral Fellow whose research and teaching will focus on using artificial intelligence (AI) to help colleges and [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35506">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a crime against humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trump]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the elected leader of the United States said, &#8220;A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don&#8217;t want that to happen, but it probably will.&#8221; Even before we learn what actually happens, it is clear that the threat was a crime against humanity that will permanently mark the history [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35497">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>why be introspective?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to Thomas Chatterton Williams, some leading tech oligarchs are explicitly against introspection. The &#8220;venture capitalist Marc Andreessen&#160;says&#160;that he engages in &#8216;zero&#8217; introspection&#8212;or at least &#8216;as little as possible.&#8217;&#8221; Similarly, the billionaire investor Peter Thiel &#8220;contends that looking inward can impede action.&#8221; Both men think that introspection is a recent phenomenon, or at least a [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35466">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>what is a brute fact?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[science, technology and society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the twenties, so a story goes, [the former Prime Minister of France, Georges] Clemenceau, shortly before his death, found himself engaged in a friendly talk with a representative of the Weimar Republic on the question of guilt for the outbreak of the First World. War. &#8220;What, in your opinion,&#8221; Clemenceau was asked, &#8220;will future [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35444">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Civics in Higher Education: A National Summit</title>
		<link>https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35441</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University and the&#160;Alliance for Civics in the Academy (ACA), with support from&#160;GBH, are proud to host a one-day national summit on the state of civics in higher education on&#160;Friday, April 10, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tufts University&#8217;s Medford/Somerville campus.&#160; The summit [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35441">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>are elites responsible for democracies’ crises?</title>
		<link>https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35425</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At last week&#8217;s conference on Democratic Resilience&#160;at Boston College&#8217;s&#160;Clough&#160;Center, the star speakers were Steven Levitsky (a co-author of the bestselling How Democracies Die and a forthcoming book on democratic resilience around the world); Daron Acemoglu (the 2024 Nobel laureate in economics, whose forthcoming book is entitled &#8220;What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35425">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>educating for democratic resilience</title>
		<link>https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35410</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, I&#8217;ll be speaking on a panel about &#8220;Educating for Democratic Resilience&#8221; at a conference on Democratic Resilience at Boston College&#8217;s&#160;Clough&#160;Center. Here are some notes: All my work is based on the theory that democracy is more resilient when many people belong to self-governing, autonomous associations. That was Alexis de Tocqueville&#8217;s insight, subsequently developed [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35410">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>making this site feel alive</title>
		<link>https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35397</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Web designers use the phrase &#8220;social proof&#8221; for visible evidence that people are visiting and using a website. Without signs of life, a website looks about as inviting and reliable as an urban street without any pedestrians. For almost two decades, my main social proof came from Facebook. I had installed a counter that showed [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35397">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Juergen Habermas (1929-2026)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[civic theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Continental philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[J&#252;rgen Habermas died on Saturday. His death has been the occasion for several substantial and interesting obituaries. So far, I prefer Gal Beckerman&#8217;s in the New York Times. I took a seminar on Habermas in 1988, when I was a college junior. Georgia Warnke was the professor, and I have kept her useful packet of [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35382">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prisoner’s Dilemma in the Gulf</title>
		<link>https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35372</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although many people are using principles of game theory to analyze the Trump/Iran war and to predict the next steps, I haven&#8217;t come across an explicit model. Any model drastically oversimplifies reality but also serves to clarify assumptions. The model that I present is essentially a Prisoner&#8217;s Dilemma. For each side, it is better to [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35372">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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