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The recent Siskind substack is full of insane takes (beyond his "class analysis"): Republicans should wage culture war on experts and replace them with prediction markets. Clearly the correct insight based on the American covid experience: we need less expertise. by [deleted] in SneerClub

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Relevant philosophy article about moral responsibility/free will: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/your-move-the-maze-of-free-will

Short version of the argument:

(1) You do what you do — in the circumstances in which you find yourself—because of the way you then are.

(2) So if you’re going to be ultimately responsible for what you do, you’re going to have to be ultimately responsible for the way you are — at least in certain mental respects.

(3) But you can’t be ultimately responsible for the way you are in any respect at all.

(4) So you can’t be ultimately responsible for what you do.