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The Rule of Midwits with Brian Chau

Outsider Theory

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Is It a 'Cynical Theory' or a More Conspiratorial One?

When bisgomand people notice what's happening in these institutions, one response is to try to come up with some genealogical narrative. But this often tips over into a kind of more conspiratorial one. And i think hat the point i get out of your work is the need for this kind of a, you know, analysis of institutional dynamics that don't have any particular sort of agents in charge of them. That unfold in a decentralized way, even though various specific agents and actors may contribute to them in perhaps outside a, in perhaps outsize ways compared to others. I'm looking at this article right now because there doesn't seem to be anything about it that's all wrong or

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