Henry Farrell
@henryfarrell
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My response to Marc would be "physician, heal thyself!" I think that there is plenty that is wrong with mainstream media, and many very stupid things that are published. But frankly, I think that Marc needs to get over it, and to recognize that everyone is prone to availability cascades and obsession with the "current thing," including him. As, for that matter, am I. And that we are all over inclined to treat as malice or base irrationality what is rational, even reasonable, to believe, if you start from a different place. 1 reply
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I wandered into the field by accident. I started in comparative politics, which is a very different way of looking at the world, but ended up co-authoring a piece for a good international affairs journal, which helped me get my first job. That involved teaching a Ph.D. level seminar to the graduate students, which was a bit of a stretch, since I had never actually taken a Ph.D. level course in international politics in my life. I've been bluffing my way through ever since ... More seriously, I do international politics, but in a slightly weird way. If you asked me how I would identify, I would say as someone who studies political economy, institutions, and technology. Some of that work is international; some very far afield from that. 0 reply
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