Sukhayl Niyazov, Author at Areo

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Never Kevins and the Assault on Democracy

The United States Capitol Building in Washington DC on a cloudy summer day.

The American political system has recently weathered yet another storm. Since the 2022 midterm elections gave Republicans only a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, infighting within the Grand…

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7 min

Politics

The Utilitarian Roots of Populism

Globalisation, powered by free trade and immigration, has produced unprecedented economic progress all around the world, led to enormous advances in all spheres of human endeavour, and lifted billions out…

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7 min

Politics

The Electoral College and the Fallibility of the Majority

In the wake of the 2020 US election, there have been renewed calls to eliminate the electoral college and replace it with a national popular vote.

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10 min

Politics

American Democracy After Trump

In the last four years, America has experienced the early stages of democratic backsliding. Like the authoritarians in Hungary, Poland, Turkey, India and other countries that used to be democracies,…

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6 min

Self-Defeating Polls and the Uncertainty of Predictions

A Californian plans to vote after work in what she believes to be a close presidential election … The day is rainy and as she approaches the polling place she…

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8 min

Politics

Is Biden’s Climate Change Plan a Step in the Right Direction?

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has recently unveiled his approach to climate change: his “plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice.” The plan calls for $2 trillion…

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10 min

Politics

In the Post-Crisis World, We Need Smaller Government

We are living through an unprecedented crisis—epidemiological, economic and social. Ongoing events, according to the emerging consensus, seem to have invalidated the concept of limited government. Media headlines proclaim the…

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16 min

Karl Marx in the AI Age

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.—John F. Kennedy Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who…

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6 min

Politics

A Libertarian Response to the Coronavirus

Photo by Michal Hlaváč “There are no libertarians in an epidemic,” some observers seem to believe. But the prevalent view that the coronavirus pandemic renders libertarian ideology invalid is based on…

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6 min

Science & Tech

Does Beijing’s COVID-19 Victory Prove the Superiority of the “China Model”?

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked debates as to whether centralized governing systems, i.e. authoritarian regimes, are inherently more effective than decentralized liberal democracies. Are authoritarian governments better equipped to successfully…

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12 min

Culture & Media

What Happens When Meaning Goes Away: A Review of Yuval Noah Harari’s “Homo Deus”

Humanity has made tremendous strides in reining in plague, famine and war in recent decades. Take just one example: poverty. Since 1990, on average, with each passing day, there are…

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9 min

Science & Tech

The Future of Democracy in the AI Era

The dark forces of global politics—illiberalism, populist nationalism and protectionism—have recently reasserted themselves and threaten to subvert liberal democracy and the rules-based world order. These fundamental sociopolitical currents pose challenges…

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Sukhayl Niyazov

Never Kevins and the Assault on Democracy

The Utilitarian Roots of Populism

The Electoral College and the Fallibility of the Majority

American Democracy After Trump

Self-Defeating Polls and the Uncertainty of Predictions

Is Biden’s Climate Change Plan a Step in the Right Direction?

In the Post-Crisis World, We Need Smaller Government

Karl Marx in the AI Age

A Libertarian Response to the Coronavirus

Does Beijing’s COVID-19 Victory Prove the Superiority of the “China Model”?

What Happens When Meaning Goes Away: A Review of Yuval Noah Harari’s “Homo Deus”

The Future of Democracy in the AI Era

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