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Friends: Many are the newsletters that promise something different. Ask Questions Later offers more than a curated news overview but a weekly effort to connect the dots of our complicated world in a way that transcends conventional wisdom and fears no evil. We aim to be thought-provoking and original yet rarely ridiculous.

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Zelensky is PR Man of the Year
Volodymyr Zelensky emerges from this week’s riveting visit to Washington, and indeed from the year, as a master messenger who expertly deploys the foundational elements of plot and character. Ukraine’s president never strays from the message of good versus evil, David versus Goliath and democrat versus despot. With a st…
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a month ago · 8 likes · 1 comment · Dan Perry
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Our era of democracies damaging themselves
We are taught to believe that democracy is more than just the least-bad system, a default we turn to because despotisms are awful. Human beings naturally seek positivity in their lives, and so we accept the supposed wisdom of the crowd: the public knows what’s best…
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a year ago · 25 likes · Dan Perry
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The New Luddites are coming
Should we try to contain the march of technology? Until recently, any questioning technology was a sure-fire way to draw ridicule. Doing it risked comparison to the Luddites — British textile workers who fought in vain the mechanization of their industry, correctly fearing that machines would displace them…
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a year ago · 2 likes · Dan Perry
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Gun madness itself is America’s only unusual mental health issue
The gun madness that Americans seem prepared to accept in perpetuity is unique among developed nations and reflects an incredible paralysis in a country that for decades was a beacon of innovation and democracy for the world. And what’s amazing is that this most political of issues carries no visible consequences for tho…
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8 months ago · 6 likes · Dan Perry
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The world that knew too much
The avalanche of criticism about the corrosive impact of social media has tended to focus on the viral spread of lies. But social media—indeed technological progress as a whole—may be harming us no less by revealing unvarnished truth. To truly understand the contours of the problem, consult a 2011 episode of the brilliant TV series…
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2 months ago · 4 likes · Dan Perry
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The Great American University Crisis
Americans are asked to accept many strange things: that constant mass shootings are unavoidable; that basic healthcare cannot be provided to all as in Britain; that courts should be openly politicized; that extreme gerrymandering to distort election result…
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5 months ago · 6 likes · Dan Perry
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Time for a tweak on globalization
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a year ago · 1 like · Dan Perry
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Israel's election: not exactly a "democratic choice"
Israel seems set to establish a government led by Benjamin Netanyahu and heavily dependent on the country’s far right. This motley crew of ex-cons, defendants, extremists and fundamentalists will claim to represent the democratic will of the people. But alas, the election in Israel was not exactly democratic…
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3 months ago · 3 likes · 1 comment · Dan Perry
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Yes, Big Tech Should Pay More for News
Should Big Tech be made to pay for journalism? With the news industry growing more insolvent by the day, the debate takes on urgency. It features a laissez-faire argument proposing that punishing successful disruptors for media’s failures is unfair. But society would be well advised to look at the bigger picture…
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4 months ago · 3 likes · Dan Perry
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Liberal democracy is not that popular
Democracies are proud of equality under the law, which distinguishes them from autocratic regimes where rulers reign supreme. The United States’ legal apparatus seems to be moving towards prosecuting Donald Trump, which many would welcome as a needed reaffirmation of this basic value. But prosecuting populists can backfire…
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