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Nate Silver: belief

13 Aug 2025 Conversations with Tyler Nate Silver on Life's Mixed Strategies

“I think there were reasons why anti-incumbent and populist spirit rose from the pandemic onward, but we might have been at a high-water mark for it, potentially, in parts of the world.”

— Nate Silver

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Nate Silver
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belief
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13 Aug 2025
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Conversations with Tyler

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…She’s populist right, and she is pro-gay rights, and openly and proudly so. Look, I mostly believe in thermostatic effects in politics, where people run in the opposite direction of the status quo more and more. I think there were reasons why anti-incumbent and populist spirit rose from the pandemic onward, but we might have been at a high-water mark for it, potentially, in parts of the world. But totally it seems we’re not at a high-water mark. It’s rising in quite a few other nations.…

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