Superstition and nonsense exert a grip on people in part because the reasoning that makes them think there may just be something in it is of a form which is both natural and, used properly, perfectly rational.
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L’ancien gouverneur de l’État de New York, Mario Cuomo, aurait un jour déclaré que les hommes politiques doivent faire campagne avec poésie, et gouverner en prose. Johnson a fait la campagne d’un amuseur télé bas de gamme, et a gouverné exactement de la même manière.
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Is ‘Live and let live’ a manifesto for mutual tolerance or an empty platitude? My fortnightly Microphilosophy newsletter.
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Why standing up to wrongdoers isn’t always advisable and more in my fortnightly Microphilosophy newsletter.
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“There is a growing tendency for those on top to believe that their success is their own doing.” Interviewed for Prospect.
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