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Domination Without Hegemony and the Limits of US World Power

hackandthink — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:17:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Corey-Payne/publication/363778292_Domination_Without_Hegemony_and_the_Limits_of_US_World_Power/links/63937c1be42faa7e75ad0569/Domination-Without-Hegemony-and-the-Limits-of-US-World-Power.pdf?origin=journalDetail&_tp=eyJwYWdlIjoiam91cm5hbERldGFpbCJ9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528094

Points: 4

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Liu Jianjun: the false faith in social sciences

hackandthink — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:04:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.eastisread.com/p/liu-jianjun-the-false-faith-in-social

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447137

Points: 4

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New comment by hackandthink in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

hackandthink — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:31:07 +0000

Mearsheimer was right: Putin wrecks Ukraine.

https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-t...

Simpson's Paradox

hackandthink — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:45:21 +0000

Article URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paradox-simpson/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421782

Points: 5

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New comment by hackandthink in "It is time to give up the dualism introduced by the debate on consciousness"

hackandthink — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:07:16 +0000

It is neither obvious nor intuitive. But it is logical possible that we all are Zombies.

In my regard the weak link is our understanding of materialism. It is to simple minded. (though panpsychism sounds really crank)

New comment by hackandthink in "It is time to give up the dualism introduced by the debate on consciousness"

hackandthink — Mon, 18 May 2026 06:54:42 +0000

Chalmers: “It is natural to hope that there will be a materialist solution to the hard problem and a reductive explanation of consciousness, just as there have been reductive explanations of many other phenomena in many other domains. But consciousness seems to resist materialist explanation in a way that other phenomena do not.”

"A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explanations and implications"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007961072...

New comment by hackandthink in "Mearsheimer and Walt versus Nuland and Pompeo"

hackandthink — Sat, 16 May 2026 17:36:02 +0000

That would be a good fit for a prediction market.

I think Restraint usually loses. In times like these, though, warmongers have a harder time, and those two are truly creepy characters.

Mearsheimer and Walt versus Nuland and Pompeo

hackandthink — Sat, 16 May 2026 17:31:29 +0000

Article URL: https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/mearsheimer-and-walt-versus-nuland

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162155

Points: 2

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New comment by hackandthink in "“Why not just use Lean?”"

hackandthink — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:51:00 +0000

>the law of the excluded middle, which says something can't be true and false at the same time

This is the not excluded middle, it is the "Law of noncontradiction"

Excluded middle means: either p is true or the negation of p is true

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_noncontradiction

New comment by hackandthink in "US is making Europe pay dearly for its half-hearted electrification"

hackandthink — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:51:29 +0000

I don't care about gas prices either. But next winter is going to be expensive. I don't have the option of switching from natural gas to a heat pump.

But of course, electrification as soon as possible.

New comment by hackandthink in "US is making Europe pay dearly for its half-hearted electrification"

hackandthink — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:13:04 +0000

I guess, a high oil price is a good thing for the oil industry, especially when producing oil domestically becomes more expensive.

But I also don't believe in some conspiracy by the American oil industry to eliminate other suppliers in order to fleece Europe.

(the article is not by Henry Farrell itself, it seems to be below his niveau)

https://shalemag.com/peak-oil-production-in-the-us/

US is making Europe pay dearly for its half-hearted electrification

hackandthink — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:48:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.programmablemutter.com/cp/195461224

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47907984

Points: 25

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Night into Day

hackandthink — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:22:00 +0000

Article URL: https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/night-into-day

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822426

Points: 3

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Project Glasswing and the ASF: Open-Source's Chance to Win the AI Era

hackandthink — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:39:06 +0000

Article URL: https://preset.io/blog/project-glasswing-open-source-ai-reckoning/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47790779

Points: 1

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New comment by hackandthink in "Germany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45"

hackandthink — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:47:46 +0000

I had to undress back then.

But anyway:

"The Clash - The Call Up (Official Video)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScaGjwkg2Y

JJM Address at the Arab Center

hackandthink — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:14:10 +0000

Article URL: https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/jjm-address-at-the-arab-center

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731774

Points: 1

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The Munro Lecture with Adam Tooze – April 8 2026 [video]

hackandthink — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:07:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th1pZfKi4SI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728900

Points: 3

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New comment by hackandthink in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

hackandthink — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:48:43 +0000

I checked the blog, You have a point. Brett Devereux was more cautious.

"If you are trying to follow the War in Ukraine, I strongly suggest watching the War on the Rocks podcasts for the times they bring in Michael Kofman."

I’ve been caught up in “guilt by association” here. Michael Kofman always struck me as a cheap propagandist. (but I should shut up now)

New comment by hackandthink in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

hackandthink — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:53:33 +0000

That all makes a lot of sense. Mr. Devereux is being more realistic this time than he was at the start of the war in Ukraine.

My takeaway from the war in Ukraine is: it’s going to get worse and last longer than anyone ever imagined.

New comment by hackandthink in "Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96"

hackandthink — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:18:25 +0000

Long version

https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/519683.j%C3%BCrgen-habermas...