On not understanding the times
Justin Wolfers, super-genius liberal You know what? I was having a lovely weekend of self-care until I came across this: The best cure for ideological bias is find someone on the other side and go to lunch with them. Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right [image or embed] — Justin Wolfers ( @justinwolfers.bsky.social ) October 4, 2026 at 7:02 AM Of course, he received huge pushback from the good burghers of Bluesky. So he posted this: This post is generating a lot of heated reactions. Lemme edit and say that figuring out our differences is "the productive part," rather than "the fun part." — Justin Wolfers ( @justinwolfers.bsky.social ) October 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM And then, when that didn't land, this: At the risk of doing social media wrong, lemme suggest folks engage with what I wrote, rather than the 280 chara...
