Aaron Renn

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AI's Infinite Economy
Exploring the rise of a new class of economic participant, why the next economy will not belong to better copilots, and why this future economy's most…
Apr 30 • Kristian Andersen
The State of America's Downtowns
Field notes from four downtowns, where schlubby workers, empty storefronts, and shrunken corporate footprints tell a complicated recovery story
Apr 28 • Aaron M. Renn
America's "Hebraic Christianity" Culture | Joshua Mitchell
Georgetown professor Joshua Mitchell wrote a superb piece for American Reformer called “Wither the Reformation in America?” It describes the major…
Apr 27 • Aaron M. Renn
52:57
The Runner-Up Elites
The state school upper middle class, radical British feminism, the Savannah Enlightenment and more in this week's digest.
Apr 24 • Aaron M. Renn
Post-Protestant, Post-Literate
The collapse of Protestant culture is degrading American human capital — and literacy is just the beginning.
Apr 22 • Aaron M. Renn
Yet Another Installment in How Conservatives Can't Govern
This month’s podcast is a look at another example of how conservatives, particularly populist ones, struggle to govern.
Apr 22 • Aaron M. Renn
41:50
Art, Beauty, and Human Creativity | Margarita Mooney Clayton
When I spoke at the David Network conference in January, I had the privilege of meeting my co-panelist Margarita Mooney Clayton for the first time.
Apr 20 • Aaron M. Renn
43:19
Market Failure and the Manosphere
The market failure beneath the manosphere, America's gerontocracy crisis, foreign influence in universities and more in this week's digest.
Apr 17 • Aaron M. Renn
Evangelicals Don’t Produce Leaders. They Produce “Cubicle Men.”
Why a culture obsessed with safety, reputation, and moral control is quietly eliminating the kind of risk-taking required to build institutions
Apr 16
When Bad Social Practices Drive Out Good
Why it’s getting harder to do the right thing — whether hiring legally, waiting for sex, or running for office — as bad social practices take over.
Apr 14 • Aaron M. Renn
All the Single Ladies
Rival visions of Christian womanhood, birthday party "weddings," and more in this week's digest.
Apr 10 • Aaron M. Renn
Love, Loss, and Land
In a cynical age, The Madison dares to portray good men, great marriages, and the healing power of place.
Apr 9 • John Seel, Ph.D.
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