PLAY PODCASTS
Episode 39: Polling Problems (with Sierra)

Episode 39: Polling Problems (with Sierra)

The Caffeine Stream · C. B. Robertson

July 10, 202357m 39s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Today Sierra and I dive into polling, particularly political "opinion polls."

Much of our discussion revolves around Christopher Hitchens' 1992 essay "Voting in the Passive Voice," which can be found on Harper's archive here:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9xrkum

We also discuss Gaetano Mosca's notion of "political formulas," a concept I learned about from Curtis Yarvin, but which can be read about in The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom by James Burnham, which is available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Machiavellians-Defenders-Freedom-James-Burnham/dp/1839013958

Leave a rating and review, it really helps others to find the podcast.