Shane O'Mara

Cognitive Republic: Building Societies That Experiment, Learn, and Evolve

Cognitive Republic a book-length project written online, in public - a new and scary experience for me, and I hope an exhilarating experience for you. This will be the podcast version. I begins with a blunt claim: unless liberal democracies reinvent themselves, they will be out-competed by populist authoritarian alternatives. Not everywhere; not all at once; but steadily, through institutional fatigue, informational disorder, and the seductive simplicity of strongman answers. The central premise is equally blunt. Democracies that learn—truly learn—are the ones that will endure. You can subscri...

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Auteur

Shane O'Mara

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Science

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Nieuwste aflevering

31 okt. 2026

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Cognitive Republic: Democracy Has a Learning Problem — The Long Listen 31.10.2026

This episode is the complete reading of my book chapter, ' A democracy unable to learn cannot endure', where I ask (and tentatively answer) the question 'Why do democracies keep making the same mistakes—and what would it take for them to learn?' In this hour-long edition of Cognitive Republic, I explore how democracies can learn from experience, recognise failure and change course—...

The Cognitive Republic: A democracy unable to learn cannot endure (part 3) 28.10.2026

Part three of my reading of my chapter: "A democracy unable to learn cannot endure" (you can access the print version in pdf or epub forms by (paid) subscribing to one of newsletters below). Cognitive Republic asks how democracies can notice what is happening, remember what they have learned, judge well and correct course. From there, the podcast ranges across the meeting of brain and wo...

The Cognitive Republic: A democracy unable to learn cannot endure (part 2) 26.10.2026

Here’s the second part podcast of my book chapter ‘ A democracy unable to learn cannot endure ’ - more parts will follow in the future. My book written in public is available here (newsletter sign-up). You can find me on Bluesky . My website is here. My other newsletter is here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cognitive Republic: A democracy unable to learn cannot endure 24.10.2026

Here’s the first part podcast of my book chapter ‘ A democracy unable to learn cannot endure ’ - more parts will follow in the future. My book written in public is available here (newsletter sign-up). You can find me on Bluesky . My website is here. My other newsletter is here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Announcing: The Cognitive Republic 25.01.2026

Announcing: The Cognitive Republic What you can expect This is my new home for a new mission:  a book-length project written online, in public - a new and scary experience for me, and I hope an exhilarating experience for you - the reader. And now available as a podcast - for you - the listener. Cognitive Republic: Building Societies That Experiment, Learn, and Evolve. Reinventing Democracies...

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