It’s official! 🎉 Very happy to announce that I’ll be joining the University of Lucerne as Professor of Political Science! And even better, my wife Juliana is also taking up a position at Lucerne! 😊 Excited to return to Switzerland together, and meet all the wonderful new colleagues! ⛰️

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Thomas Edsall takes up the debate over polarization in NYT, including my argument that what is often described as "polarization" is better understood as the asymmetric radicalization of the political right. Glad to see the paper entering this broader debate!

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Social media has defined our attention landscape for two decades. It is now coming to its end. What comes next, and how will AI reshape the attention economy? 🧵 New essay for Informational Democracy informationaldemocracy.substack.com/p/after-soci...

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I finally left Facebook today. It was a big decision, because, as a musician, it had been helpful for me. I couldn't keep it in good conscience though - and being screamed at by a "friend" of 20 years about immigrants was the last straw. I hope that my Bluesky friends will be kind to my music.

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