Do We Need More Academics to Run for Political Office?

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Mat lane says we need more academics to get involved in and run for political office. What could we do to support a higher level of education and discourse in our politics? Well, i think that there are some academics who would be great running for political office, and some have successfully done so. I don't think there's any intrinsic connection between being an academic and being good at politics.

Welcome to the June 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! We are inaugurating a slightly different publication schedule, in which these monthly AMA will take the place of one of the regular Monday episodes, rather than being in addition to all of them. A slight tweak that will hopefully make my obligations a little more manageable.

These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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