17 Jul 2026
Not only falsehood: what disinformation does to deliberation
The main harm is not that people believe false things, but that they stop believing anything can be known. The consequence is political, not epistemic.
Ideas
Arguments about life in common
Political philosophy, democratic theory and public essay. The section where the institute argues about the foundations of what it researches everywhere else.
Opening essay
What do we owe those who come after?
Intergenerational obligation cannot rest on a contract, because there is nobody to sign it with. It rests on something more fragile and more demanding: the decision to see ourselves as part of an institution that outlasts us.
15 May 2026
Freedom as non-domination: a republican rereading
If freedom consists in not depending on another's arbitrary will, then material inequality is not a problem separate from freedom: it is one of its forms.
8 May 2026
The time of institutions
Institutions are not slow by design flaw. They are slow because their function is to sustain decisions beyond the moment in which they are popular.
24 Apr 2026
Deliberating without knowing: the epistemic limits of democracy
No citizenry can itself assess the evidence on monetary policy, nuclear safety and epidemiology. The question is not how to avoid delegation, but how to make it accountable.