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Turi: [00:00:52] welcome to part two of our interview with Bob. Talisse democracy is the thesis that a stable and decent political order is possible among equal citizens who nevertheless disagree sometimes very sharply about what kind of society needs building, but for that disagreement to work in the service of democracy. We need something called civility. In part one of this podcast, we covered the question of equal citizenship and why polarization makes that notion so difficult. In part two, we want to cover the nature of disagreement, how we disagree. And how we build towards something called civility or civil friendship. Well, thanks so much for joining us again.
Bob Talisse: [00:01:41] Well, thank you for having me again.
Turi: [00:01:43] So, in the first part of it podcast, we identified the fact that polarization isn’t so much a bug of democracy as a feature. Democracy runs on disagreement. It’s epistemically useful. It helps us to articulate and discover new ideas, but it’s also critical for us to include everybody in the process of democracy. Your fundamental thesis is that if disagreement is run badly, It’s can actually unraveled democracy, help us think that through.
Bob Talisse: [00:02:20] Well, sure. So, you know, when we’re talking about equals, equal citizens, political equals one of the instant or direct locations of our political equality is that we get to make up our own minds about things. and in fact, that’s one of the, the values we might even say of a democratic society is that individual citizens get to draw their own political conclusions, individual citizens get to think their own political thoughts. For better or worse even. they get to consult the sources that they think are reliable and, you know, render their own judges comments about the political questions that they face, as, as a citizen. Now, what that means of course, is that, individual different individuals could come to different answers, opposing judgements about. Public policy questions about who should be elected to a particular office about the structure of law and institutions and other kinds of features of the political architecture of democracy. And so when we say democracy runs on disagreement, we mean, at least this much, firstly, The kind of political equality that democracy is premised upon and secures has is one of its upshots that citizens will disagree about politics. Secondly, we mean that this kind of clash of opinions as John Stuart mill put it. Is when, when conducted within certain kinds of institutional and political constraints is politically not only healthy. But beneficial. That is it’s by means of citizens understood as political equals hashing out their differences, trading and exchanging reasons and objections and criticisms and considerations that we hope. Politics can be, not only, conducted in a way in which each person feels as if they are an equal participant, but also that democracy can achieve, on the whole. And we might even want to say something like in the long run, better political outcomes and results. so disagreement then is central to the democratic aspiration. One of the troubles, that comes with disagreement of course, is that when two people disagree, they hold incompatible sometimes even as strong as inconsistent, views about some question or matter or issue. and when we’re talking particularly about political disagreement, often those. Differences of opinion, those clashes of judgment have to do with some of the most important things that humans can care about, like justice. And so when it comes to political disagreement, it’s often very difficult to agree to disagree. Because political disagreements often invoke our deepest sense of, of what’s. Right. And so we tend to see those with whom we disagree politically as not merely mistaken or foolish or silly, we see them in those terms for sure. But we also see them as on the wrong side. Of the issue and often being on the wrong side of the issuer of the question is equivalent. So we see it to being on the side of injustice. And so political disagreement in a democracy carries this additional burden. You might say in that we’re required as democratic citizens to see one another as our equals. That is no citizen is another’s political subordinate. However, because we’re equals, we’re going to disagree about political questions of the day political disagreements invoke our conception of justice. And so part of me is going to see you as on the side of injustice. But nonetheless, I’m required to recognize you as an equal. That is, I have to recognize your entitlement to an equal say, despite the fact that in certain kinds of contexts, I will also be inclined to see you as an enemy of justice. And that’s a. That’s a tough pill to swallow. Isn’t it,
Turi: [00:07:28] it makes me, it makes me reevaluate this sort of terrible dark joke of the internet, which is that any comment section left to its own devices will devolve into people calling each other Nazis within a matter of minutes, but which, which, which happens. But, but it makes me wonder whether actually that’s not just a rhetorical move. It’s not just people flinging Nazi at each other as an insult. It’s actually because the, the values being argued over are so cool that actually somebody being on the other side kind of does make them a Nazi. Right. so, to take that as a, intro into, something that you write and talk about, which is the ways in which the media and our Tech platforms privilege a not terribly positive way of seeing the other side.
Bob Talisse: [00:08:24] Right. So you know, this, it goes back to the polarization discussion in the first, part of our, first episode of our two-part, discussion here. Well, let me say, let me share a story. How’s that? You know, in the lead up to the last presidential election in the United States, I, back to my way, inadvertently into conducting a small scale, public opinion experiment in that, as news was coming out, As it was daily at the time with scandals and transgressions and you know, each of the two candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, , revealing things about the other side that was supposed to, demonstrate that the other side was unfit for office. and maybe because I live in Nashville where people freely just strike up conversations with strangers, which was a cultural shift from my upbringing in New Jersey. you know, at the time leading up to the election, it was not uncommon to be standing in line at the grocery store and just have a stranger turn to you and say, could you believe what Donald Trump just said? Or did you hear Hillary last night often with a kind of tone of concern? And you know, after a little while I just got sick of, engaging in this way, uh, you know, just buying groceries or filling my car with gas. Um, I started saying oh yeah. I saw that, but I’m not sure what to think about it yet. Now I naively thought that this would be a strong social cue that I just didn’t want to have the conversation. It turns out it didn’t work at all. so when I would say, well, yeah, I, I, I, I saw the access Hollywood tape, but I’m not sure what to make of it yet. . It was invariably taken as evidence that I needed more information about what had happened. Right. And interestingly, the rehashing of the episode that would then be presented almost invariably would end with a summary judgment. So she’s terrible, or, you know, he’s such a, you know, he’s a, he’s a disgusting pig so forgive one very interesting example, cab in Nashville, the cab driver on my way to the airport. and she said, Oh, did you see this tape that they have of Donald Trump? And I said, well, yeah, I’m just not sure what to make of it yet. And then she said, well, all it shows is that he’s got a potty mouth. The media,
Turi: [00:10:59] this was that this is the tape in which he said grabbing people, right?
Bob Talisse: [00:11:00] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He just shows you as a potty now and the media is blowing it up and it’s free speech anyway. And yada, yada yada. And because I was trapped in a cab, I said, well, I don’t know that anybody who’s taking offense or making an issue of this tape is concerned about his choice of words. I said, the critics are saying it’s by means of those words that he demeaned and humiliated and bragged about assaulting women. And that’s the thing people are finding objectionable. Her response was we’ll have to agree to disagree there. And that was the end of the conversation, as far as she was concerned. Nothing, no other, you know, I had it instantly sounded like we’ll agree to disagree about what I was just reporting, what the people who find this tape to be revealing, something objectional about him are saying. And they in fact say that. But she had heard me in reporting what the critics of Trump with respect to that tape were saying she heard in my report, the endorsement of the view, and could not be moved from that as if it were from her perspective to see the episode in a way that sucks just that there was more to it than merely bad language. is already to take a partisan side on the issue. Wow. And the conversation was done at that point. There was just, there was no going back. I tried, you know, like, well, look, I’m a philosopher and you know, we have these distinctions between, you know, the words that you use and what acts you perform by means of the words, you know, a bribe is not just, I went through the whole bribe is not just a collection of words. A bribe is the thing that you do with those words, just like a prompt. You know, I went through the whole thing and there was just zero reply. It wasn’t even like, you know, let’s drop it. It’s just, she was done talking. And so I worry that one of the upshots of some of the social dynamic forces that we were talking about in the first episode are such that once they’ve taken hold of our way of thinking about politics, they lead us to understand facts as the sorts of things that both always just speak for themselves. And always tell a partisan story. And so in a lot of these episodes with, I don’t know what to think about that the response was always at least suggesting that people think, well, if you don’t know what to think about this, you must not really know it. You must not really know what happened because to know what happened is to know what to think about it. That is, let me put it in a even broader way. I worry that we’ve lost or jettisoned the idea that politics requires reflection and judgment. Right? The idea that if you just see, we just hear the expression basket of deplorables, you already know what to think. So if you’re not sure what to think about that, you must not really know what she said, and that makes disagreement Impossible
Turi: [00:14:21] . This is absolutely fascinating, Bob. It reminds me of two stories, one, humorous. My French grandfather used to use to say align with translators begin. If you starting to ask questions is beginning to disagree. Right. is beginning to disobey, sorry, starting to ask why is beginning to disobey, which is, which is just true, but it’s clearly understood by your interlocutor in the cab. The other thing, the other story that reminds me of is that having spent a lot of time in the middle East, And speaking Arabic people would ask me, well, have you read the Koran? And then my answer would always be, yes, I have. And in fact, I’ve read large punks parts of the Koran in Arabic, And they would immediately look at me or some of them would look at me and say, and so are you, are you a Muslim? Now? not terribly dissimilarly. If you’ve read it right. You must’ve seen the truth, but there’s, there’s something very specific. In your description of your cabbie, around the polarization of facts, which I think is something that you see, upscale, but also constantly reinforced by the Fox newses and the MSNBC, right?
Bob Talisse: [00:15:28] That’s right. Because you know, we are our informational environments now. Including just, television, you know, not just social media with, you know, interactive elements, including television, the informational environment seems directed at, desolving the distinction between knowing what happened and having a judgment about what happened. Such that no, the facts is to know what to think about them. you know, the religious context is, is, yeah. Once you’ve heard the good news, you should, you know, you, you understand it or, you know, something changes about you. and, and you’re converted. I think that a lot of our informational, environment is set up for that kind of, rewarding. Of instantaneous judgment. And in fact, the instantaneous expressions of judgment, if you look on Twitter and Facebook and the social media platforms, there’s the thumbs up and the stars and the, you know, retweets and, the re postings. These are all forms of positive feedback and the quicker you respond, the better. To know the facts is to have the judgment and is to express publicly the judgment that makes disagreement impossible. Not only because it primes us to see those with whom we disagree has inherently uninformed misinformed, disengaged, or uninterested or confused, but also because it. Primes us to, short circuit reflection. There’s no time to think about things. Yeah. Right.
Turi: [00:17:16] I want to go back to. The idea that you’ve voiced at the beginning of this interview, which is that, politics, political discussion gets as fractious as it does precisely because the values at stake are so deeply held by us. You describe, a type. Of disagreement.I sort of a typology of disagreement that is different from others. You call it in your book, deep disagreement, something which is, it’s not a question of which restaurant you’re going to go to it. Whether you value Liberty over justice, say help us understand what this deep disagree, what these deep disagreements are.
Bob Talisse: [00:17:54] Well, good. So, you know, in the philosophical, study in the professional literature about the epistemology of disagreement, there is a debate about whether disagreements are deep or can ever be deep, but let’s hold that off to the side. What we mean by a w what one means by just deep disagreement is roughly, as you just characterized it. There could be non deep disagreements where we understand, we share a common understanding of say the, the policy of capital punishment. And then we disagree about. Certain features of that policy that drive us, each to hold different assessments of it’s consistency with justice. So, you know, we might share a common conception of what capital punishment is. We might even share a common conception of what the data. With respect to deterrence, are about, capital punishment. And then we just disagree about whether deterrence is, whether those data are as reliable or what the data mean. And we can proceed with our disagreement about capital punishment by sort of helping to sort through or working, to sort through, disagreements about the particular details that go into. Each of our opposing judgments, deep disagreements or disagreements where, the disputants don’t share a common conception even of what’s at issue. So there’s something already paradoxical about, in what sense is it a disagreement right. Ships in the night? Yeah, that’s right. Where we’re not even agreed on what the disagreement is about and therefore we’re not agreed on, or we don’t share a common conception of what would count. Has a consideration that favors side over the other.
Turi: [00:19:51] give me an example. Can you give me an example of, of a disagreement of that kind?
Bob Talisse: [00:19:56] so fake news might be a good example or, some of the conspiracy theory, engagements with conspiracy theories might be another good example. Let’s start with the ladder. you know, there are all kinds of different, conspiracy theories. They’re not all the same kind of animal, but, one thing that goes on, with conspiracy theories is that the person who accepts the theory, is committed to a conception of. What counts as a fact, what counts as a confirming consideration, what counts as a disconfirming consideration that runs contrary to the person who rejects the theory. What actually happened on nine 11 is something that nine 11 conspirators conspiracy theory, adopters, and their opponents don’t share. And so without a common, sort of groundwork of, a shared conception of what the event was. What counts as evidence, what counts as generally reliable, by way of sources of information. There’s no disagreement possible. There’s just the clash of opinions or the clash of differing, accounts, where as you say, two ships that just sort of pass in the night. and no, The fact that they’re two ships passing in the night in these cases in no way prevents the disputants from escalating their animosity towards the other side. That is because there are two ships passing in the night. The more they, the more their engagement fails to, to hook up in the right way. The more inclined the disputants are to see the other side as cognitively and morally beyond the pale or off the charts or incompetent or depraved.
Turi: [00:22:01] So that’s bring that back from the, the realms of the Slightly unhinged to, to the realms of everyday politics. So conservatives and liberals, what are the deep disagreements that you see between them? Those, the ships that pass each other in the night.
Bob Talisse: [00:22:18] Good. So, you know, any of the, the differences of view, about what is currently happening in Portland
Turi: [00:22:28] . Can you open that up for us? We have an international audience.
Bob Talisse: [00:22:30] Oh yeah, yeah, sure, sure, sure. So, there have been for, for weeks and weeks now, black lives matter protests, in Portland and, the right leaning, information sources that news sources. Present Portland as if the city is on fire and under the control of anarchists sometimes described as radical Democrat, right? Radical Democrat. And our guests are Antifa and anarchism. but if you go to the left wing side, what’s going on in Portland is portrayed in a way that’s much different. in that there are protests. When they turn violent, it’s often the case that the violence is the result of undue, escalation from the police and other forces, and that, Portland is generally, under control and peaceful, and the protests are at a particular part of the city. And the rest of the city is, is, is going on as normal. If you go to the right wing sources though, it’s denied that that’s the case. And when you point to pieces of evidence that say, well, wait a minute, these are not violent protests. These are not people out of control. The city’s not burning to the ground. The claim is then made what your sources of information are partisan. You’re not able to see, right. What’s really happening in Portland because. The information that you’re getting has been doctored.
Turi: [00:24:03] So what you’re seeing here is two different value schemes interpreting an event differently, and then searching out new sources, data facts that will support that argument. So you have the two ships refusing to cross in the night, which are liberal versus conservative values. And then finding, a series of narratives to support those use. So you end up with a situation in which it’s not just the values, which miss each other. It’s also the facts
Bob Talisse: [00:24:34] and note in these particular kinds of cases, that distinction, that, that you just, drew Turi between sort of values and facts is itself, complicated. Even in the language that we use to describe certain kinds of events, Embeds, certain kinds of value judgments. So if we call what’s happening important protests, we’ve already described what’s happening there with a value Laden term. If we describe what’s going on in PR in Portland as rebellion. We’ve described it in a different way that carries with it a different kind of valuation. you know, we never talk about bad guys being liberated. Say that they were released. So, you know, are even the language that we use. And this is itself, not a partisan thing. This is just a fact about how language works, but it’s used to partisan ends. Increasingly, at least it seems to me in a democracy in the United States, Some terms are, freighted they’re, they’re thick in that very have a descriptive and a evaluational component. and, protest is one of these terms. So you call them protesters. You’ve already, described what’s happening in a way that elicits a certain kind of positive, A moral judgment. You describe things in a slightly different way. Rioting for example, right now, not protesters they’re rioters. You’ve described the same scene in a way that primes and promotes, the opposite normative evaluation.
Turi: [00:26:18] Gotcha. So just to interrupt as I’m. Were therefore always hamstrung or politicized by the language that we use. But I, I want to push you one step further and ask you to talk through, something you describe as the performance of argumentation that we see across media. There’s a lovely section in, in, in your book, as you describe the fact that we have endless talk shows, endless debates. Presidential debates. talk, talk, talk shows in the format of debates, and that sort of points to the fact that all of us know we need to be arguing in a democracy, but I think one of the points that you make is that, that the argumentation that we see across all our platforms, media, social media, et cetera, isn’t really arguing. It’s a performance of arguing.
Bob Talisse: [00:27:10] That’s right. and a mimic of it. Right. so. The first thing to say is the good news, right? which you just mentioned, we democratic citizens may be, humans in some broader sense outside of our political, roles. We are inveterate. We are natural arguers, right? We, we seek to believe on the basis of reasons we seek to evaluate our beliefs as well founded. when somebody, even with respect to mundane, nonpolitical matters, breast is a judgment that runs contrary. The third one that we have and take seriously. We often see that there’s an issue between us that should be hammered out, or that could be hammered out. So. Arguing is, a, a sort of natural state for cognitive creatures of the kind that we are. We’re the kind of cognitive creatures that needs to assess our own beliefs as warranted, as, as sufficiently supported by the evidence. That’s the good news. The bad news, of course, in familiar ways that, will lead us into the discussion, about, mimicking argument. The bad news of course, is that that need to be able to assess our own beliefs as proper. As well, well, grounded renders less vulnerable in particular ways, in ways that were obvious, going at least as far back as you know, Plato and Aristotle who saw rhetoric. As, something yeah. To be both philosophically attended to, and also as a standing vulnerability, of human beings that because we feel the need to see our own beliefs is grounded, adequately by reasons and evidence that creates opportunities for people who can peddle. Counterfeits of reasons and evidence to manipulate us in various ways. Now, when we’re talking about democratic politics where remember we’re, we’re, we’re talking about a system of politics in which public perceptions, public opinion matters a great deal. And it’s almost like, you know, what, advertisers and marketers do in the marketplace in democratic politics, campaigns and campaign managers and parties have to manage the public perception of their brand often. Meaning there. Platforms, their signature policies and their people, the faces that people attach to the parties. Now. So two things we were naturally interested in arguing and reasoning. Second thing in a democracy politics, at least to some measure, perhaps even a large measure is a matter of public perceptions of things. Managing public perceptions. So what we’re seeing then in news media, almost across the board, certainly popular news outlets, you know, the 24 seven networks and a lot of the online sites is the presenting of political information by means of argumentative encounter. By means of dialectical exchange. So if you were to go turn on, Fox, MSNBC, whatever 24, seven news channel, you, you want, if you go turn it on almost any point of the day, what you will see is an anchor delivering some piece of information, and then typically some guests. To come and give some interpretation or to say something about what that piece of information means. And more often it’s not always the political affiliation of the commentator is made is made salient to the viewer. Yeah. Now we’re going to turn to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, right? And then Lindsey Graham says the, you know, says the thing that is the Republican right. Spin on this. No, no, none of, although this is often presented as dialectical or argumentative exchange. It’s not aimed at changing anybody’s mind. It’s not aimed at winning or losing or scoring a good rational point. Or correcting an error or achieving better understanding among people who take themselves to disagree? No, these are performances that in fact have very little to do with the people talking on the screen. These are argumentative exchanges that are performed for the sake of the onlooking audience, so that the onlooking audience either learns where they should be, where they should stand, because they hear the party affiliate that they ally with. Tell them. Where they should stand on the issue being discussed or in some of the, you know, more sort of personality driven, programs, on talk radio and on the more overtly partisan networks in the United States, watch the ad, the kit for your political view, put the opponent in his or her place. Shut down the opponent. When bill O’Reilly was, had his own show on Fox, this was a nightly, hourly ritual to watch not to see bill O’Reilly say something new or deliver new information or give some, some good analysis of any. Current issue. The bill O’Reilly’s show was overtly one hour of watching bill O’Reilly shut the other side down.
Turi: [00:33:31] Adrian Bardon. Who’s who’s appeared on one of our podcasts describes this as ideation pornography.
Bob Talisse: [00:33:38] No, that’s a good description of it. That’s because remember again, just how the polarization dynamic works. That feels really good, right? It was good. It makes us feel good about, we feel verified right? When our side shuts the other side up, shut some down, puts them in their place. That feels real good. Now the marketing or PR aspect of this is an interesting component because. There are all kinds of reasons now to think that at least in the United States, but in other democracies as well, winning big time, that nationwide elections has very little to do with changing minds and winning hearts over national elections are won or lost by mobilization. The name of the game is don’t. You don’t make new supporters. You get more of your supporters out to the polls and the next guy. So it’s about motivating or extracting exciting political behavior from people who are already on your side. So these, mimicked or, or, these, pantomimes of political argumentation. Fail is argumentation. Cause they’re not really about winning and losing and making points and trying to achieve greater understanding between you and your interlocutor
Turi: [00:35:07] of this is the, the parallels between the, the demands of politics across the democratic spaces and the demands of media. very, very similar here. we, we all know that you get more traffic. By inciting to outrage or to love. And then the case of politics, what you’re saying here is that nobody’s in the business of convincing with ideas you’re in the business of motivating. So we’re back to your very, very first strong, strong point, which is that, polarization is embedded into the fabric of democracy.Can I ask you in the face of some, unpleasant truths, How we get out of this, you have a beautiful description of the partner versus patient model. Help us understand that.
Bob Talisse: [00:35:53] Yeah. So, you know, there’s no easy way out because remember the feature bugs sort of a point we’ve been coming back to, again and again. One can read a lot of professional and popular thinking about democracy and come away with the idea that if only we would just do it a little bit better, all of democracy’s problems would wither away because. Democracy’s problems are always the result of us not doing it quite right or doing it enough. no, that’s, that’s the wrong way to think about democracy. Democracy has built within it, certain kinds of vulnerabilities that even if we’re doing everything that we should. We still have to confront, some, potentials for dysfunction. So disagreement sets us up for is both needed. It’s what democracy runs on, but it sets us up for polarization and the way we demonize others and all the rest. and there’s no way to have democracy without. Exposing without those sites of exposure to these cognitive forces. what we need to figure out how to do, just to understand even political arguing about very, very serious policy issues as. a matter of partnership, that is argument is ill. Is improperly deployed when it’s used as a weapon. To shut the other side down to demean them, to put them in their place, to, silence or marginalized them, which is often how, argument is wielded. And in fact, it’s often how argument is understood. you know, there’s a, a cottage industry, at least in the United States of popular books about how to win arguments in politics. and those books are always about, defeating, overcoming the enemy. now there are certain argumentative context in which, that is part of what’s going on is you’re, you know, you’re debating, you’re trying to win, but arguments are the intellectual tools that we have. For coming to better understand not only our critics and what they have to say and why they say the things that they do. . But argument is a way of better understanding our own. Side in the debate. In fact, John Stuart mill, the, the British philosopher, Have a wonderful way of encapsulating this. And it’s one sentence in a book that’s often discussed and cited and, and very enthusiastically, talked about it’s called on Liberty. but mill has this one line, one liner in there that I think, unduly gets overlooked. It says, he, who knows only his own side in the debate knows little of that. And that strikes me as a deep and important philosophical truth. That
Turi: [00:38:55] we quote it. We quoted on poly as website.
Bob Talisse: [00:38:58] Beautiful. I, it’s, it’s the kind of thing that, you should have to memorize in order to get a college degree, which seems to me to be just a little nugget of philosophical wisdom that. seems to me just to be unimpeachable, it just seems like that’s gotta be right. It’s gotta be right. Yeah. So, so
Turi: [00:39:18] how did, so how do we, so how do we do this? Because there’s two things at play here. One is making sure that, as you phrase it elsewhere, the rhetorical is not parasitic on the epistemic, which is, uh, which is a very shorthand way of saying that we’re not trying to win arguments. We’re actually trying to figure out the truth. That’s one, but the second key piece, and this is, this is at the heart of everything is, given that there are deep disagreements by which I mean agreements over, which we will never be able to find common ground. And given that we are polarized and exist inside in groups that possibly increase their polarization. How do we get to a point where we can, we can understand the other side as a partner, rather than a patient. How do we. Does, how do we build this? What you call it sort of civic friendship.
Bob Talisse: [00:40:06] So there are a couple of, there are a couple of different things that I think need to happen. and one is, we, we need to better understand what argument even in political contexts is about. And we need to see argument as, governed by certain kinds of intellectual virtues rather than a bare knuckle street fight, where the we’re winning is the, is the important thing. one of the ways I think in which we can rehabilitate our conception of what political argument is, is by coming to better appreciate. Some of the ways in which we as individual, political thinkers are vulnerable, even if we are in the right about the payment, even if we see, our political allegiances and affiliations and ideas as, in the right. That doesn’t mean that we as individual political reasons as political thinkers are there for, in vulnerable to irrational cognitive forces of, of, of irrationality that affect us cognitively the belief polarization phenomenon is among them where let me put it this way. I think that in order to rehabilitate our conception of political disagreements so that we can now see the dispute, our, our, our, our political opponents as not merely things to be fixed or, or dismantled and overcome, but as partners in a common endeavor to think through some very complicated issues, we need to recognize that we ourselves are subject to. Certain kinds of social cognitive forces that, that impact our rational faculties that make us less rational than we may think that we are. No, no. I give talks about the polarization stuff and, to lots of different kinds of audiences, but, between academic and nonacademic or more popular audiences alike, The belief, polarization phenomenon is almost instantly visible to people when they first hear about it. When they’re thinking about their political opponents, they almost already say, Oh yeah, I know exactly what you’re talking about. I see that all the time among the Republicans, right. Or the liberals are Barb. Yeah, constantly being driven to these more extreme versions of themselves. I see that all the time. So I ended up,
Turi: [00:42:55] I’m hearing, I’m hearing a couple of things. Sorry to interrupt. Yeah. One is that, praising taking the time to privilege the actual act of argument itself is a pretty good thing. And making sure one’s doing it for epistemic. For knowledge for accuracy, for truth, those kinds of reasons, rather than winning - 1. 2. Realizing that actually all our own positions are as irrational when Ruth from the other side as our opponents. So embedding our understanding of the world into the mind. As a bodily function into, into our values, into who we are into, into our psychology. So understanding that we are not, we don’t own reason. we are performances of reason ourselves.
Bob Talisse: [00:43:43] And let me add one additional, recommendation in that. And it’s a more philosophical, the diagnosis of a kind of philosophical error we’re the kinds of creatures that are especially prone to the following. Kind of, I just think logical error, the following kind of fallacy, we might even call it. We tend to think that those who espouse views, policy opinions, political ideals, That we take ourselves to have good reason to reject. We infer from that, that those people are incapable of launching a formidable criticism of our views. We think that because you’re wrong, you can’t be a good critic of me. That’s just a fallacy. Right. Right. So no, no people who believe all kinds of people who believe false things can nonetheless be good critics of your view. Even if you’ve got the truth, they can still raise a good objection and important counter consideration. They could raise a problem. They can make things more complicated than you thought they can raise an example that you have a hard time dealing with. That is engaging with. The people on the other side is worthwhile. Even if, if we think the people on the other side have demonstrably false, positive commitments. Why? Because having the truth does not, is not necessary in order to be a good critic. And we need critics. We need, we need, we need people to criticize us.
Turi: [00:45:30] So, so, I want to wrap this fascinating discussion, with a question to you, which is how again do we Bring people who are profoundly polarized, who, who, who reason, for emotional, for emotional satisfaction, as much as knowledge, who. Describe their political opponents to brave morally corrupt, not just wrong, but wrong in a capital ‘W’ kind of sense. how, how do we, how do we build a conception of a shared project in your book over doing democracy? You talk about, doing small things together, going fishing with people on the other side of the political fence, you’ve talked about your father who staunch Republican, that he was, had a great friend in the neighborhood who was a union man. It’s particularly hard to do little things together. When Republicans live in X part of town and Democrats live in Y part of town. I wonder in the teeth of COVID where they’re actually, it’s not the little things which will bring us together so much as the really big things. Do you have any sense that the pandemic has reminded us all of our shared Destiny. And in the States that we exist of our shared humanity of a, of a shared experience of life, has it brought us together or actually has covered provided one more instance, one more event to politicize.
Bob Talisse: [00:47:00] Well, the situation, at least in the States with respect to COVID is, is shifting in some ways, in positive directions, more towards the first option that you mentioned, where, as the. the virus has been spreading, across the country and affecting, parts of the country that, are not major metropolises that are in the sort of the middle of the country. I think that attitudes about the pandemic. Have been shifting in ways that suggest citizens are able to see a shared problem, and are able to see, the virus as a shared vulnerability. I just note that, this was a far more dicey political situation in the States, Even, as, as recently, as a month ago, where, because the epicenters of the outbreaks were in or were risk mainly largely restricted to. big cities, New York and the metropolitan area in New York Tristate area in New York, Chicago, Detroit, LA, there was a lot of, a lot of respects in which the response. To the outbreak was, sharply divided along partisan lines where, Republicans were significantly far less likely to wear masks, even when, in close proximity, to significant numbers of others. so it started off as a heavily partisan, fair. And it seems as if that’s. uh, that’s weakening now and that, masks, there’s still a partisan difference between mass squaring, but it has, it’s not as extreme as, as it was and out now COVID denial. In the United States is on the whole, down,
Turi: [00:48:59] okay. So that’s, it, it seems like that was an, an initial nonpartisan response. That was a political politicization of that response. And that seems to be dwindling now. So that’s right. Are you optimistic that in fact, this has done something to bring. The country back together again,
Bob Talisse: [00:49:17] you know, I, I, I don’t do optimist. Yeah. So, I don’t know. I wouldn’t say optimistic. I would say that the trends are encouraging simply in virtue of the fact that, if they continue in the direction that they continue, my country will, start doing a little bit better. I don’t think that the trends and show, or are likely to, to results in any longterm weakening of partisanship in the approach to. Public health. And I think that, this is, this is a, a kind of encouraging blip that will have good effects. If it continues on the country’s ability to confront and manage the virus. I don’t think that they improvements to the political situation will endure. I think that, and in fact, what we’re already starting to see in the U S is, partisan divides over, , who is to be credited. With, some of the more encouraging news about the trends in the country
Turi: [00:50:33] Bob, this is very disappointing and I realized I must pick my podcasting guests so that I can, and, uh, sessions on the, on an up rather than a down. but, this has been. Fascinating discussion. I’ve loved talking to you. Thank you so much for taking the time to walk us through all these issues of polarization. The idea of equal citizenship, how we disagree and what civility means in the political context. Bob, thanks so much for your time.
Bob Talisse: [00:51:01] It’s been a real pleasure, Turi. Thank you for having me on your program.

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«Borderlands 3» is coming, and here’s the first gameplay trailer
Back in 2009, «Borderlands» perfectly captured the zeitgeist with its iconic comic-art style, space-western scenario and a literal tonne of guns. Gearbox had officially invented the looter-shooter. Games like «Destiny» and «The Division» can directly trace their lineage from it.
Recently at PAX East, a games convention in Boston, the gameplay trailer to «Borderlands 3» was debuted. It included a bunch of new and old locations and some familiar faces. You can look forward to endless chaos, crazy enemies and tonnes of action. What about new guns, I hear you ask? How about a billion of them? Including one that can walk on its own.
At the same event, Gearbox presented a UHD remastered edition of all previous «Borderlands»-games as well as all DLC. It will be available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. On the 3. of April. You’ll get the update for free if you already own the games.

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Most of the older bikes have the old style point & capacitor system that control the spark to the spark plugs.
If the ignition timing is off, this could cause the spark plug to spark at the wrong time or spark to long.
The spark plug can actually burn hole through the top of the piston and cause a severe loss of compression to that cylinder. Another cause for it would be overheating. In air obstructed cylinders, ones that are hidden behind something like a front tire, another cylinder, etc. require a different set up.
Usually this requires a larger jet in the hidden cylinder to allow more fuel into the cylinder to cool it.
Running a cold plug also helps. When a hole is burned, this causes the motor to run ruff and if you have a 2 cylinder motor, you will only have one cylinder to run on.
Other problems are the melted aluminum is somewhere in the sump of the motor so it could cause other internal damage to the bearings and gears.
Engine oil can be passed through the hole out the exhaust pipe, causing the motor to loose all its oil. If this happens to you turn off the motor immediately.
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2K Games announced that BioShock Infinite is going to hit stores in the US on October 16, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. The international release is set to come out on October 19, 2012.
"After BioShock, we had a vision for a follow up that dwarfed the original in scope and ambition," said Ken Levine (@iglevine), Creative Director of Irrational Games (@irrationalgames). "BioShock Infinite has been our sole focus for the last four years, and we can't wait for fans to get their hands on it."
According to the latest press release from 2K, "BioShock Infinite puts players in the role of Booker DeWitt, a hard-bitten former Pinkerton agent, together with the revolutionary AI companion, Elizabeth. The two struggle to escape the sky-city of Columbia, in a 1912 America that might have been. Armed with an arsenal of new weapons and abilities, they face menacing enemies, in unique expansive environments. Classic BioShock gameplay joins innovations such as aerial combat on high-speed Sky-Lines in the service of an immersive storyline ' an Irrational Games signature."
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Bureau Research Associate Mark Tomasso delivered the Friday technical presentation this week. His topic: "Three-Dimensional Seismic Forward Modeling of a Sinuous Slope Channel, Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas." [Abstract] 02/28/06
Bureau scientists Tim Dooley and Martin Jackson
spoke at the Friday, February 24 seminar on "Modeling of Allochthonous Salt Extrusion,
Roof Dispersion, and Intrusive Import and Export of Salt in Squeezed Stocks."
Ph.D. candidate Marcus Gary, Department of Geological Sciences, was Friday's seminar speaker. He presented "DEPTHX — Autonomous Exploration of Underwater Caves as a Path to Search for Life on Europa." [Abstract]02/14/06
At the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Leadership Conference held February 10–12 in Galveston, Steve Laubach presented "Moving toward an Improved Relationship between Academic Geoscience and Professional Geoscience" in a session on the same topic that he chaired,
along with AAPG Editor Ernest Mancini. Steve is the chair of the AAPG standing committee for Academic Liaison. 02/13/06
Bureau Director Scott Tinker gave his AAPG International Distinguished Ethics Lecture, The "I" in BusIness EthIcs[Abstract], at a lunch meeting February 16 in Wichita Falls, Texas, hosted by the North Texas Geological Society. Attendees included representatives from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and local societies. He gave this
talk again February 28 at a lunch at Midland College, Midland, Texas. 02/20/06
Mark Holtz guides (l to r) Cindy Abbot, Courtney Snyder, and Victoria Maynard in the use of the binocular microscope to see detail in core samples.
Three students from Cedar Park and Leander High Schools visited the Bureau February 8 and 9 to take part in the Career Opportunities on Location (COOL) job-shadowing program. Susan Hovorka and Gulf Coast Carbon Center (GCCC) and other Bureau staff welcomed Cindy Abbot, Victoria Maynard, and Courtney Snyder to a two-day career as scientists. The students examined core from an
oil reservoir in Fisher County, the site of an enhanced oil recovery effort where CO2 will be used to get more oil out of the rocks and then stored in the reservoir. They also viewed slices of sandstone magnified at about 1,000x power under the scanning electron microscope operated by Rob Reed, who helped them identify the minerals making up the rock. The COOL program is designed to give students first-hand experience actually performing jobs that may become their future careers. 02/10/06
Although the 2005 annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, slated for New Orleans, was cancelled because of Hurricane Katrina, the long-awaited CD version of the GCAGS Transactions Volume 55 has just been released. It is available for $40 (plus handling and sales tax) by prepayment to Publications Sales, by e-mail, or by phone (512-471-7144). Please order item GCAGS 055CD. The
book-format edition will be available later this spring. Among the authors of
articles in this volume are Bureau scientists Frank Brown, James Gibeaut,
Ursula Hammes, Robert Loucks, Jerry Lucia, H. Seay
Nance, Ramón Treviño, and Hongliu Zeng.
On Friday, February 10, Bureau scientist Mark Holtz spoke
on "Optimizing Permanent CO2 Sequestration in Brine Aquifers: Example from the
Upper Frio, Gulf of Mexico." The talk, part of the Bureau's weekly technical talk series, was held in the Main
Conference Room at 8:30 a.m. [Abstract].
Bridget Scanlon was the guest speaker at the February 6 meeting of the Austin Geological Society, which was held at 7:00 p.m. at the Bureau of Economic Geology. Bridget's topic was “Arsenic in Groundwater.” [Abstract]02/06/06
Bureau Director Scott W. Tinker will deliver two talks as part of the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) Centennial Lecture Series in Champaign, Illinois. On February 9, he will share the podium with P. Patrick Leahy, Acting Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, to explore the theme of “The Role of Science in Policy-Making.” Scott will speak on “Earth Science and Society: The Impact of State Geological
Surveys.” On February 10, Scott will deliver his American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Ethics Lecture, “The 'I' in BusIness EthIcs,” to ISGS and the Department of Geology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Abstract]. He will also present “The Global Energy Future: Think Unconventionally” to ISGS on February 10 [Abstract]. 02/02/06
The Ground Water Protection Council held its 2006 Underground Injection Control (UIC) Conference, Carbon Capture and Geologic Storage: From Science to Regulation—a timely forum for current Bureau research on the subject—January 23–25, in Austin. On behalf of the Bureau's Gulf Coast Carbon Center, Bill Ambrose, Susan Hovorka, J. P. Nicot, and
Rebecca Smyth all gave talks dealing with various aspects of Bureau research on CO2 storage and its effects on groundwater. Click here to view presentations. 02/01/06

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New unique fun fish design Guiro.
This fun, colorful Guiro is fish shaped and very easy to play! Its unique design makes it easy to hold and features a side snap-in mallet holder. Run either end of the mallet along the ridges of the fish to produce a variety of exciting sound effects. BPA free and certified for ages 3 and up!

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A day after Beyoncé’s supposed February cover of GQ magazine was leaked on Instagram, more photos from her editorial in the men’s magazine have surfaced on various social media websites.
A package of three photos from Beyoncé’s GQ shoot is being shared on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram.
The top left photo is the cover that was leaked Tuesday, the bottom left photo, an image of Beyoncé in a jumping pose wearing a cutoff shirt with the number “82” on front and a yellow bra underneath, and the photo to the right is an image of Beyoncé in black crop top and leopard print underwear.
It is unknown where the photo originated.
The initial image was leaked to Instagram Tuesday, and has since been deleted, but it had already been shared by social media sites and news sources.
In the cover shot, the superstar mom leaves little to the imagination, posing in a cutoff shirt, red leopard print hot pants and a thick gold chain.
There is currently no other information about the GQ cover available, nor details about the issue.
Buzz around Beyoncé continues to increase as it was announced Wednesday that she will sing the national anthem at the 2013 presidential inauguration on Jan. 21.
The singer will also perform at the Super Bowl half-time show on Feb. 3. In addition, HBO will premiere an intimate documentary on the singer’s life on Feb. 16.

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Guy is Head of Energy for Blackfinch Investments Ltd where he oversees its investment activities in the renewable energy and infrastructure space. Blackfinch is FCA regulated and has c.£650m of assets under management. He joined the business in 2016 and brings in-depth knowledge of corporate finance gained through various structured finance (debt and equity) investment roles with Lloyds Banking Group. Blackfinch Energy currently has a 96MW renewable energy portfolio valued at c.£150m having achieved 10-fold portfolio growth over the last 5 years. Guy has a Masters’ degree from Cambridge University, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Associate Member of the Energy Institute. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate.
For the first time in some years, solar PV has been able to participate in a UK auction and with the results of AR4 looming as well as the recent announcement that auctions will be annual, this panel will delve into the situation for solar investors in the UK:

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Scythe has recently introduced their Fuma 2 Rev. B CPU Cooler. Their original Fuma 2 was a massive hit not only for the performance, but also how quiet it was. With the new revision of this cooler Scythe has added their new Kaze Flex II fans, which have a higher static pressure and more stable airflow, you are also going to get support for the LGA 1700 socket so the cooler now supports current-gen processors. Besides that you still have the same dual-tower, dual-fan design with 100% RAM compatibility and Scythe’s easy to install H.P.M.S. IV mounting system. Is this going to be the air cooler to get in 2022? Read on as we find out!
The Fuma 2 Rev. B comes in Scythe’s typical retail packaging which is always very detailed. On the front there is a picture of the cooler and it lets us know the cooler is LGA 1700 compatible. One one side of the cooler there is a full overview of the cooler and list of specifications. On the other side many of the features of the cooler are detailed. Finally on the back there is information on the warranty in a few different languages.
Getting everything out of the box we have the Fuma 2 Rev. B heatsink, the two Kaze Flex II fans, mounting hardware and thermal paste, a screwdriver, and user’s guide.


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(Original Caption) 5/1/1957-Chicago, IL: As Sugar Ray Robinson (l) backs away, middleweight champion Gene Fullmer charges across the ring to throw a sweeping left in the first round of their title bout here, May 1. As Fullmer charged him in a similar style in the fifth round, Robinson unleashed a jolting left hook to the jaw and Fullmer went down and out. The victory earned Robinson the middleweight title for an unprecedented fourth time.
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A midtown gem with a built in beer garden and bar? Yes, please. Oh, and did we mention the fact that there is a vintage Volkswagon included with each party held at this Tucson venue? Yea, there's that. (note: max capacity 30 people)
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Shonda Rhimes inducted into TV hall of fame. Yep, Shonda is the 3rd African American Woman to be inducted. The other two were Oprah Winfrey and Diahann Carroll in 2011. The original cast of Saturday Night Live will also be inducted, when the ceremony takes place on November 15th. The Television Hall of Fame is… Read more »
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CHANGCHUN, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Hongqi, an automobile brand under China's leading automaker FAW Group Co. Ltd., posted a rise of 66 percent in sales between January and August this year.
A total of 180,600 Hongqi-branded vehicles were sold during the period, said FAW Group, adding it plans to double its 2020 sales of Hongqi vehicles to 400,000 units this year.
Meanwhile, Hongqi has sped up the development of new energy vehicles (NEVs). A factory focusing on electric cars with an investment of 8 billion yuan (about 1.24 billion U.S. dollars) is scheduled to start production by the end of October this year.
Hongqi, meaning "red flag," is China's iconic sedan brand. Established in 1958, the brand has been used in parades for national celebrations.
Founded in 1953 in the northeastern city of Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, FAW Group is regarded as the cradle of China's auto industry. Enditem


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Parnassus is a name familiar to any poet,it also means a mountain range in the Greek region of Thessaly, surrounded by myths. The source of poetic power was the Castal spring, located on one of the slopes of the mountain. It was inhabited by nymphs, the famous priestess Pythia and the god of art Apollo.
Parnassus is a place of ancient Greek myths. God of prose and art Apollo fell in love with the nymph of Castile, but she did not accept his tender feelings and disappeared without a trace in the waters of the stream on the slope of the mountain. The magical power was given to the source from Apollo.
Parnassus is an unusual place for poets. According to legend, the magical power of the stream gives everyone the ability to make rhymes. It is enough to drink only water. Muses always accompany Apollo. We list them:
Parnassus is the son of the god Poseidon and Cleodora (nymphsstories). His name is the mountain in Phocis. The sacred place to this day is surrounded by secrets and a divine atmosphere. It is the focal point of the whole Earth, according to the version of the religious teachings of Ancient Greece.
On Mount Parnassus is the famous CastalThe key that everyone attends is an inspiration. The habitat of the muses ("Parnassian sisters") is the entire territory of the area, caves, gorges, so a bunch of poets are often called this word, meaning its figurative meaning.
On Mount Parnassus there was a sacred place - "Delphic Oracle". It was located on the southern slope. The mountain range contains two peaks in the Delphi area: Gerontobrahos, Liakura.
What else do we know about Mount Parnassus? The word is associated with the punishment of humanity by the gods of Olympus. Zeus sent a great flood, sweeping the whole world. The son of Prometheus was called Deucalion, he landed on the top of the mountain and sacrificed himself to Zeus.
The flood ended on the tenth day of continuous downpours. Zeus heard Deucalion's entreaties and helped revive the human race. So Mount Parnassus was permanently entrenched in the mythology of Ancient Greece.
Historical facts have made Mount ParnassusAttractive for tourists, poets and other people seeking inspiration. From the top there is a breathtaking view of olive groves, dense forests and the National Greek Park. At the foot of the mountain are the following attractions:
The importance of Parnassus was used by figures of all time, even now one can find numerous uses of the historical name in various areas of human life:
For tourists Parnassus is associated with a softclimate and picturesque landscapes. Coming to historical monuments, people are transferred to the atmosphere of ancient times. Sights of untouched nature are fascinating and will not leave anyone indifferent. Clean mountain air helps to restore strength, and the cult Kastal source functions and is accessible to every visitor.
The source of inspiration was ennobled, pavedtiles. Now the Upper and Lower Kastalia works. In the area of the latter a swimming pool with life-giving water was placed. Under its stream, the prophetess Pythia herself was washed. Greeks perceived the bath as a gift of God.
In the region of the mountain chain is the famousski resort. Visiting mythical Delphi can see the ruins of the temple of Apollo, the abode of the mythical priestess Pythia. The area is famous for Pythian games, not inferior in popularity to the Olympic.

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A share issue is being launched today to try to raise £166,000 towards the cost of building an exact replica of the first seaplane to successfully fly in Britain, The Waterbird.
The plane made its maiden voyage on Windermere in 1911.
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Over a hundred youngsters in Coniston were let out of lessons today to join their school's long tradition of an annual fell race.
A campaign has been launched to push for the restoration of the historic Union Chain Bridge.
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AUBURN -- Surprises like this are usually reserved for National Signing Day.
just started 363 days early.
Region said Saturday that he was verbally committing to Auburn, stunning many recruiting observers who had assumed by his
that he was a virtual lock for Alabama.
The 6-foot-6, 330-pound offensive lineman from Cullman is expected to be one of the state's top prospects in the class of 2011.
Regions told reporters that he decided to switch to Auburn roughly 90 minutes before his announcement on Saturday.
"Auburn's offense is great and the whole coaching staff is great," he told
. "I feel like Auburn is the place that I need to be. My family feels at peace about it. I feel at peace about my decision."
Region had previously been a private commitment to Alabama and had originally planned on making that news public on Saturday.
But he ultimately changed his mind.
"Due to changes, I am decommitting from Alabama and I am committing to Auburn," Region told the Birmingham News. "I will be an Auburn Tiger, where I feel they really care about me."
The news seemed to catch everyone by surprise.
, a Scout.com recruiting analyst, said on his
that there were about 100 Alabama fans and no visible Auburn fans at the announcement.
Region is Auburn's second commitment, joining junior college defensive back
, a Gordo native who originally signed with Auburn a year ago.


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Bucharest (Romanian: București) is the capital city, industrial, cultural, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country
Bucharest was first mentioned in documents as early as 1459. Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the Romanian mass media, culture and arts. Its eclectic architecture is a mix of historical (neo-classical), interbellum (Bauhaus and Art Deco), Communist-era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of the "Little Paris of the East" (Micul Paris). Although many buildings and districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes and Nicolae Ceaușescu's program of systematization, many survived. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom.
According to January 1, 2009 official estimates, Bucharest proper has a population of 1,944,367. The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 2 million people. Adding the satellite towns around the urban area, the metropolitan area of Bucharest has a population of 2.15 million people. According to unofficial data, the population is more than 3 million. Bucharest is the 6th largest city in the European Union by population within city limits.
Economically, Bucharest is the most prosperous city in Romania and is one of the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of Eastern Europe. The city has a broad range of convention facilities, educational facilities, cultural venues, shopping arcades and recreational areas.
The official city name in full is The Municipality of Bucharest (Romanian: Municipiul București).
A native or resident of Bucharest is called Bucharester (Romanian: bucureștean).
Bucharest's history alternated periods of development and decline from the early settlements of the Antiquity and until its consolidation as capital of Romania late in the 19th century.
First mentioned as "the Citadel of București" in 1459, it became a residence of the Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler. The Old Princely Court (Curtea Veche) was built by Mircea Ciobanul, and during following rules, Bucharest was established as the summer residence of the court, competing with Târgovişte for the status of capital after an increase in the importance of southern Muntenia brought about by the demands of the suzerain power, the Ottoman Empire.
Burned down by the Ottomans and briefly discarded by princes at the start of the 17th century, Bucharest was restored and continued to grow in size and prosperity. Its centre was around the street "Uliţa Mare", which starting 1589 was known as Lipscani. Before the 1700s, it became the most important trade centre of Wallachia and became a permanent location for the Wallachian court after 1698 (starting with the reign of Constantin Brâncoveanu).
In 1861, when Wallachia and Moldavia were united to form the Principality of Romania, Bucharest became the new nation's capital; in 1881, it became the political centre of the newly-proclaimed Kingdom of Romania. During the second half of the 19th century, due to its new status, the city's population increased dramatically, and a new period of urban development began. The extravagant architecture and cosmopolitan high culture of this period won Bucharest the nickname of "The Paris of the East" (or "Little Paris", Micul Paris), with Calea Victoriei as its Champs-Élysées or Fifth Avenue.
Between December 6, 1916 and November 1918, it was occupied by German forces, the legitimate capital being moved to Iași. After World War I, Bucharest became the capital of Greater Romania. In January 1941 it was the place of Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom. As the capital of an Axis country, Bucharest suffered heavy losses during World War II, due to Allied bombings, and, on August 23, 1944, saw the royal coup which brought Romania into the anti-German camp, suffering a short but destructive period of Luftwaffe bombings in reprisal.
During Nicolae Ceaușescu's leadership (1965–1989), most of the historic part of the city was destroyed and replaced with Communist-style buildings, particularly high-rise apartment buildings. The best example of this is the development called Centrul Civic (the Civic Centre), including the Palace of the Parliament, where an entire historic quarter was razed to make way for Ceaușescu's megalomaniac constructions. In 1977, a strong 7.4 on the Richter-scale earthquake claimed 1,500 lives and destroyed many old buildings. Nevertheless, some historic neighbourhoods did survive to this day.
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 began with mass anti-Ceaușescu protests in Timișoara in December 1989 and continued in Bucharest, leading to the overthrow of the Communist regime. Dissatisfied with the post-revolutionary leadership of the National Salvation Front, student leagues and opposition groups organized large-scale protests continued in 1990 (the Golaniad), which were violently stopped by the miners of Valea Jiului (the Mineriad). Several other Mineriads followed, the results of which included a government change.
After the year 2000, due to the advent of significant economic growth in Romania, the city has modernised and is currently undergoing a period of urban renewal. Various residential and commercial developments are underway, particularly in the northern districts, while Bucharest's historic centre is currently undergoing restoration.
Bucharest is situated on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River, which flows into the Argeș River, a tributary of the Danube. Several lakes – the most important of which are Lake Herăstrău, Lake Floreasca, Lake Tei, and Lake Colentina – stretch across the city, along the Colentina River, a tributary of the Dâmboviţa. In addition, in the centre of the capital there is a small artificial lake – Lake Cișmigiu – surrounded by the Cişmigiu Gardens. The Cişmigiu Gardens have a rich history, being frequented by famous poets and writers. Opened in 1847 and based on the plans of German architect Carl F.W. Meyer, the gardens are currently the main recreational facility in the city centre.
Besides Cișmigiu, Bucharest contains several other large parks and gardens, including Herăstrău Park and the Botanical Garden. Herăstrău is a large public park located in the north of the city, around Lake Herăstrău, and the site of the Village Museum, while the Bucharest's botanical garden is the largest in Romania and contains over 10,000 species of plants, many of them exotic; it was once a pleasure park for the royal family.
Bucharest is situated in the south eastern corner of the Romanian Plain, in an area once covered by the Vlăsiei forest, which, after it was cleared, gave way to a fertile flatland. As with many cities, Bucharest is traditionally considered to have seven hills, in the tradition of the seven hills of Rome. Bucharest's seven hills are: Mihai Vodă, Dealul Mitropoliei, Radu Vodă, Cotroceni, Spirei, Văcărești and Sf. Gheorghe Nou.
The city has a total area of 226 square kilometres (87 sq mi). The altitude varies from 55.8 metres (183.1 ft) at the Dâmboviţa bridge in Căţelu, south-eastern Bucharest and 91.5 m (300.2 ft) at the Militari church. The city has a relatively round shape, with the centre situated approximately in the cross-way of the main north-south/east-west axes at the University Square. The milestone for Romanian's Kilometre Zero is placed just south of University Square in front of the New St. George Church (Sfântul Gheorghe Nou) at St. George Square (Piaţa Sfântul Gheorghe). Bucharest's radius, from University Square to the city limits in all directions, varies from about 10 to 12 km (6.25–7.5 mi).
Until recently, the regions surrounding Bucharest were largely rural, but after 1989, new suburbs started to be built around Bucharest, in the surrounding Ilfov county. Further urban consolidation is expected to take place when the Bucharest metropolitan area is formed in 2006, which will incorporate various communes and cities of Ilfov and surrounding counties.
Bucharest has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of various fields, including the visual arts, performing arts and nightlife. Unlike other parts of Romania, such as the Black Sea coast or Transylvania, Bucharest's cultural scene is much more eclectic, without a defined style, and instead incorporates various elements of Romanian and international culture. Bucharest has an eclectic mixture of elements from traditionally Romanian buildings to buildings that are influenced by French architects. It is because of this French influence that Bucharest was once called "the Paris of the East" or "Little Paris."
Another well-known landmark in Bucharest is Arcul de Triumf (The Triumphal Arch), it was built in its current form in 1935 and modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. A newer landmark of the city is the Memorial of Rebirth, a stylized marble pillar unveiled in 2005 to commemorate the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which overthrew Communism. The abstract monument sparked a great deal of controversy when it was unveiled, being dubbed with names such as "the olive in the toothpick", ("măslina-n scobitoare"), as many argued that it does not fit in its surroundings and believed that its choice was based on political reasons.
The Romanian Athenaeum building is considered to be a symbol of Romanian culture and since 2007 is on the list of the Label of European Heritage sights.
Other cultural venues include the National Museum of Art of Romania, Museum of Natural History "Grigore Antipa", Museum of the Romanian Peasant (Muzeul Ţăranului Român), National History Museum, and the Military Museum.
In terms of visual arts, the city contains a number of museums featuring both classical and contemporary Romanian art, as well as selected international works. The National Museum of Art of Romania is perhaps the best-known of Bucharest museums. It is located in the former royal palace and features extensive collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, including works by renowned sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi, as well as a prominent international collection assembled by the former Romanian royal family.
Other, smaller museums, contain more specialised collections of works. The Zambaccian Museum, which is situated in the former home of Armenian-Romanian art collector Krikor H. Zambaccian contains works by many well-known Romanian artists as well as international artists such as Paul Cézanne, Eugène Delacroix, Henri Matisse, Camille Pissarro and Pablo Picasso.
The Gheorghe Tattarescu Museum contains portraits of Romanian revolutionaries in exile such as Gheorghe Magheru, Ştefan Golescu, Nicolae Bălcescu and allegorical compositions with revolutionary (Romania's rebirth, 1849) and patriotic (The Principalities' Unification, 1857) themes. The Theodor Pallady Museum is situated in one of the oldest surviving merchant houses in Bucharest and includes many works by Romanian painter Theodor Pallady as well as a number of European and Oriental furniture pieces. The Museum of Art Collections contains the collections of a number of well-known Romanian art aficionados, including Krikor Zambaccian and Theodor Pallady.
Despite the extensive classical art galleries and museums in the city, there is also a contemporary arts scene that has become increasingly prominent in recent times. The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), situated in a wing of the Palace of the Parliament, was opened in 2004 and contains a widespread collection of Romanian and international contemporary art, in a number of expressive forms. The MNAC also manages the Kalinderu MediaLab, which caters specifically to multimedia and experimental art. There is also a range of smaller, private art galleries throughout the city centre.
The palace of the National Bank of Romania houses the national numismatic collection. Exhibits include banknotes, coins, documents, photographs, maps, silver and gold bullion bars, bullion coins, dies and moulds. The building itself was constructed between 1884 and 1890. The thesaurus room contains notable marble decorations.
Performing arts are one of the strongest cultural elements of Bucharest, and the city has a number of world-renowned facilities and institutions. The most famous symphony orchestra is National Radio Orchestra of Romania. One of the most prominent buildings is the neoclassical Romanian Athenaeum, which was founded in 1852, and hosts classical music concerts, the George Enescu Festival, and is home to the "George Enescu" Philharmonic. Bucharest is also home to the Romanian National Opera, as well as the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre. Another well-known theatre in Bucharest is the State Jewish Theatre, which has gained increasing prominence in recent years due partly to the fact that it features plays starring world-renowned Romanian-Jewish actress Maia Morgenstern. There is also a large number of smaller theatres throughout the city that cater to specific genres, such as the Comedy Theatre, the Nottara Theatre, the Bulandra Theatre, the Odeon Theatre, and the Constantin Tănase Revue Theatre.
Music and nightlife
Bucharest is home to Romania's largest recording labels, and is often the residence of Romanian musicians. The city's music scene is eclectic. Many Romanian rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Iris and Holograf, continue to be popular, particularly with the middle-aged, while since the beginning of the 1990s the hip hop/rap scene has developed a unique sound and style indigenous to eastern Bucharest. Hip-hop bands and artists from Bucharest such as B.U.G. Mafia, Paraziţii, Verdikt, La familia, Bitză and Zale enjoy national and international recognition.
The eclectic pop-rock band Taxi have been gaining international respect, as has Spitalul de Urgenţă's raucous updating of traditional Romanian music. While many neighbourhood discos play manele, an Oriental- and Roma-influenced genre of music that is particularly popular in Bucharest's working class districts, the city has a rich jazz and blues scene, and, to an even larger extent, house music/trance and heavy metal/punk scenes. Bucharest's jazz profile has especially risen since 2002, with the presence of two thriving venues, Green Hours and Art Jazz, as well as an American presence alongside established Romanians. The city's nightlife, particularly its club scene grew significantly in the 1990s, and continues to develop.
There is no central nightlife strip, with many entertainment venues dispersed throughout the city centre, with a cluster in the historical centre. Among the most visited venues are Lăptăria Enache and La Motoare, located on the rooftop of the National Theatre, as well as El Grande Comandante and Club A. Most clubs and bars are located around the centre of the city, from the Piaţa Unirii to Piaţa Romană. Also, a large concentration of rock clubs can be found in the Lipscani area, the old part of the city, in the vicinity of Piaţa Unirii. The Regie area, located near Polytechnic University campus, hosts a number of clubs and bars, mainly targeted toward the student population.
The city also hosts some of the best electronic music clubs in Europe such as Studio Martin and Kristal Glam Club. During the summer, Zoom Beach Club is an outdoor club on the shore of a lake and has two separate dance floors. The Office is one of the most exclusive clubs in Bucharest and has a long tradition in clubbing. One of the best cocktail clubs in Bucharest is Deja Vu situated on Bălcescu Boulevard near the Italian church. Some other notable venues are: Gaia, Fratelli, Glamour, Tipsy, Cotton Club, Pat, and Bamboo.
Bucharest's cultural life has, especially since the early 1990s, become colourful and worldly. Traditional Romanian culture, however, continues to have a major influence in arts such as theatre, film and music. Additionally, Bucharest has two internationally-renowned ethnographic museums, the Museum of the Romanian Peasant and the open-air Village Museum. The Village Museum, in Herăstrău Park, contains 272 authentic buildings and peasant farms from all over Romania. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant was declared the European Museum of the Year in 1996, and displays a rich collection of textiles (especially costumes), icons, ceramics, and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life.
The Museum of Romanian History is another important museum in Bucharest, containing a collection of artefacts detailing Romanian history and culture from the prehistoric times, Dacian era, medieval times and the modern era.
Cultural events and festivals
There are a number of cultural festivals in Bucharest throughout the year, in various domains, even though most festivals take place in the summer months of June, July and August. The National Opera organises the International Opera Festival every year in May and June, which includes ensembles and orchestras from all over the world. The Romanian Athaeneum Society hosts the George Enescu Festival at various locations throughout the city in September every year. Additionally, the Museum of the Romanian Peasant and the Village Museum organise a number of events throughout the year showcasing Romanian folk arts and crafts.
In the 2000s, due to the growing prominence of the Chinese community in Bucharest, several Chinese cultural events have taken place. The first officially-organised Chinese festival was the Chinese New Year's Eve Festival of February 2005 which took place in Nichita Stănescu Park and was organised by the Bucharest City Hall. In 2005, Bucharest was the first city in Southeastern Europe to host the international CowParade, which resulted in dozens of decorated cow sculptures being placed at various points across the city.
Since 2005 Bucharest has its own contemporary art biennale, the Bucharest Biennale. The next edition will be in 2010.
Bucharest is the seat of the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, one of the Eastern Orthodox churches in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople, and also of its subdivisons, the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja and the Archbishopric of Bucharest. Orthodox believers believe that Saint Demetrios is the saint patron of the city.
Bucharest is also a center for various other religions and cults in Romania, including the main Romanian-ethnic Catholic organization, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest.


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As it turns out, Alfa Romeo plans to stage the dynamic 4C Launch Edition at the event that is about to start, the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The model will be showcased at the First Glance Class of the festival and will do a demonstration for the public for the very first time as it ascends the famous Hill Climb course. Actually we had the opportunity to see it for the first time in March at the Geneva Motor Show where it has been acclaimed with critics. As you can see in the photo gallery below, the 4C represents the true essence of a sports car combining Italian style, performance and technical excellence. It also offers maximum driving satisfaction with very high safety. We all know that 33 Stradale, and just like that one, the Alfa Romeo 4C is a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, compact sports coupe. To be more precise, both models will be standing starting with the 12 of June on the Alfa Romeo Goodwood stand.
The new model is very aerodynamic and efficient thanks to the fact that it is just under 4 m long, 2 m wide and 118 cm high. Under the hood it hides a 1.750cc turbo petrol engine capable of generating 240 horsepower and 350 Nm of torque. With this output, the car is capable of accelerating from 0 to 62 mph in 4.5 seconds and to reach a top speed of 155 mph. There is a new version of the Alfa DNA selector fitted to the 4C which will also feature a new Race mode alongside the original three options: Dynamic, Natural and All Weather. Head of Brand at Alfa Romeo UK declared that they are very thrilled that their model will have its debut at this great event and are looking forward to the reaction of the public. The man also said that this edition of the festival will be a memorable on for the British company and for their cars.
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Tamar Guttmann is an entrepreneur and producer based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is the initiator and showrunner of the podcast A World From Scratch, in which every episode, she invites a speaker to imagine the system of his/her field from scratch, ending each conversation with a concrete set of actions listeners can undertake tomorrow to help build that system. This ranges from Business, to Racial Equality, to Fashion, to Climate Mitigation, to Happiness From Scratch. Sharing ideas and expertise, inspiring and calling to action for systemic and behavioral change. Tamar is passionate about bridging the arts and impact and has produced several films that all touched upon social issues, the last of which was Thin Ice, a short film addressing the increasing fear of terrorism in the Netherlands, which won numerous awards across the globe and was viewed over 350.000 times. In 2020, she initiated and became the director of New Amsterdam Jazz, a festival bridging toptalent of the Dutch and New York jazz-scenes. Tamar also serves as the Netherlands Director for NEXUS, a global network connecting social entrepreneurs and changemakers to next-gen philanthropists and impact investors. She serves in the Board of the HRH Princess Irene Foundation – Bergplaas, and is an Advisory Board member of Proof of Impact. Tamar graduated (summa cum laude) from New York University, with a degree in Entertainment Producing (Tisch School of the Arts) and Social Entrepreneurship (Stern School of Business). She has a deep love for music and can be found in a jazz club on any free night.
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A World From Scratch
Senior Fellow Tamar Guttmann has started the podcast A World From Scratch, in which she asks guests to reimagine starting the world from scratch and share what that looks like and how we can make their visions a reality.
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Looking for movies to watch on the internet? Thin Ice, a short film that Senior Fellow Tamar Guttmann co-produced for her Action Project, is now featured on Omeleto. The film that addresses islamophobia is a big online hit!
Short Film: 'Thin Ice'
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"Thin Ice" Screening at Dutch Film Festival
A short film aimed at confronting the viewer with their own discriminatory prejudice, "Thin Ice" was screened at Plein Public Competition, Movies in the park, Dutch Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival.

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