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How Identity Literally Changes What You See (with Samuel Bagg)

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February 2, 2026

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This week Joseph talks to Samuel Bagg, assistant professor of political science at the University of South Carolina. Bagg recently wrote a fascinating essay, linked below, about how the problem with lots of things might be knowledge-based (people believing stuff that’s wrong or dangerous) but the solution is not more knowledge. It’s all about social identity. This is an incredibly interesting discussion, and definitely check out more of Bagg’s writing.

⁠The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not⁠

⁠The Dispersion of PowerA Critical Realist Theory of Democracy⁠

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