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Author: John Nerst

The Tilted Political Compass, Part 2: Up and Down

25 March, 20193 July, 2019 ~ John Nerst ~ 36 Comments

In this follow-up I describe the two remaining quadrants in my version of the political compass and discuss how they relate to left and right in Sweden and the United States. Read more (15 min, 5100 words).

The Tilted Political Compass, Part 1: Left and Right

1 March, 201925 March, 2019 ~ John Nerst ~ 31 Comments

I'm not a fan of the popular Political Compass. Here I explain why, list what makes a good 2-by-2 and rederive the meaning of the political left and right. Read more (10 min, 3300 words).

Postscript to a Podcast

4 February, 20194 February, 2019 ~ John Nerst ~ 4 Comments

Some reflections, comments and elaborations on my appearance on the Intellectual Explorers Club Podcast. Read more (9 min, 3200 words).

A Meta-Meditation

23 January, 201923 January, 2019 ~ John Nerst ~ 11 Comments

I wrote a spontaneous piece on the tensions between cultural/intellectual accessibility and ambition that under later scrutiny wasn't quite up to snuff. Instead of publishing something sub par or discard it I used it as a jumping off point for discussing the nature of creative work, writing and thinking in general. Read more (13 min, 4200 words).

2018 in Review

29 December, 20183 January, 2019 ~ John Nerst ~ 4 Comments

I summarize 2018 as a successful year and discuss what works and what doesn't with my blogging: it's getting better but higher ambitions and awareness of a bigger audience means I still write much less efficiently than I could be. Read more (6 min, 1800 words).

The Romeo And Juliet Fallacy

19 December, 201819 December, 2018 ~ John Nerst ~ 5 Comments

We have a tendency to feel that ideas are mutually exclusive even when they aren't. Sometimes this is because their indirect implications clash with each other, giving us the impression that they clash themselves. Read more (7 min, 2000 words).

I, LPC

6 December, 20186 December, 2018 ~ John Nerst ~ 7 Comments

I make a Charge-of-the-Light-Brigade-style attempt to reclaim the words Liberal, Progressive and Conservative as terms to describe my political attitude. Read more (6 min, 2000 words)

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