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On Becoming Less Left-Wing (Part 1) (unpaywalled)

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Note: I’m working on an objectionably long third and final instalment in this series. In the meantime, I’m releasing this first one to all subscribers. (Find the second one here.) I was born to left-wing parents, raised within a left-wing family, grew up with mostly left-wing friends, and then studied at universities filled with left-wing students and academics. Today, I work at one of the most left-wing universities in the UK, I live in one of its most left-wing cities, and people with left-wing views dominate my professional and social networks. I was also pretty left-wing throughout most of my life. As late as 2016, I was not just a proud member of the Labour Party, the UK’s main left-wing party, but a passionate supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, Labour’s most left-wing leader in many years. For all these reasons and more, one of the most dramatic changes in my intellectual outlook in recent years has been becoming less left-wing. Today’s essay and the others in this series will describe

On Becoming Less Left-Wing (Part 1) (unpaywalled) Evolution, economics, political psychology, social epistemology, and progress. Dan Williams Nov 16, 2025 431 11 70 Share Note: I’m working on an objectionably long third and final instalment in this series. In the meantime, I’m releasing this first one to all subscribers. (Find the second one here .) I was born to left-wing parents, raised within a left-wing family, grew up with mostly left-wing friends, and then studied at universities filled with left-wing students and academics. Today, I work at one of the most left-wing universities in the

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