The Aporia · Francis Fukuyama

Articles

7

2026-08-24 – 2026-11-02

Claims per article

30

207 extracted in total

Hedged claims

10%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

5,370

characters

Writes for Persuasion.

Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

Politics

71%

Other

14%

Technology

14%

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LondonAmericanAmerican Purposethe United StatesAfDAmericaBrazilBrazilian

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4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.08 (centre).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-26 · Persuasion · Politics

The Spirit of Democracy Remains Strong

23 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left

2026-11-02 · Persuasion · Politics

America’s Test

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-10-05 · Persuasion · Other

The AfD Emerged From a Respect Deficit

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

2026-09-28 · Persuasion · Politics

Trump’s “Golden Fleet” Is Still Ridiculous

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-09-09 · Persuasion · Politics

The Beginning of the End of History

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-08-31 · Persuasion · Technology

Bob Wright on the Future of Artificial Intelligence

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-08-24 · Persuasion

On Executive Authority

🔮 Francis Fukuyama explores how President Trump has tried to expand executive authority, the impact of his actions on how America will be governed in the future, and the choice facing the next U.S. president. assertive

2026-08-31 · Persuasion

Bob Wright on the Future of Artificial Intelligence

🔮 In this conversation, Francis Fukuyama and Bob Wright discuss why artificial intelligence may be more transformational than any previous technology, how AI systems can develop unintended goals that escape the control of their creators, and whether we should take the “doomer” case for catastrophic AI risk seriously. mixed

2026-09-09 · Persuasion

The Beginning of the End of History

🔮 I told Bloom I was happy to participate, but that I would have a more optimistic take on what was going on in the world. assertive

2026-09-28 · Persuasion

Trump’s “Golden Fleet” Is Still Ridiculous

🔮 They would be worse than useless in a war with China or even Iran, both of which field huge numbers of ballistic and cruise missiles that could easily strike such big targets. assertive

2026-10-05 · Persuasion

The AfD Emerged From a Respect Deficit

🔮 Join Yascha Mounk and Dan Williams for this live recording of The Good Fight podcast at the Halycon International School as they discuss whether AI will doom us all! assertive

2026-10-26 · Persuasion

The Spirit of Democracy Remains Strong

🔮 Flávio Bolsonaro has called for the election to be annulled, and it is at this point uncertain what his followers will do in reaction to Lula’s victory. assertive

2026-11-02 · Persuasion

America’s Test

🔮 My degree of measured optimism may well prove wrong, but it is based on several recent events. assertive

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