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I have just completed my 31st peer review of 2026. Meanwhile, I have several papers that have been under review for more than six months, including one at ten months. Atlas is giving serious thought to shrugging.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Is polarization rational? Many ask this question, but they only address belief polarization, never affective polarization. Paul Wheatley and I ask: is it rational to be affectively polarized? Our answer: no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Rationality of Affective Polarization | Philosophy | Cambridge Core

The Rationality of Affective Polarization

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Fries portion always too small.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Philosophers often infer what untried institutions would look like from similar existing ones: lottocrats cite mini-publics, anarcho-capitalists medieval Iceland, workplace democrats Mondragon. Other examples? I’m writing a paper on this form of inference.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Can't wait for that mf-ing video on morning star and evening star 😤

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Yup, exactly right about this. And congrats on the Annual Review piece, it is excellent.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Here is an academic reform we should all be able to agree on: works cited should not count against word limits for journal articles. I say this as I work on a paper with a 2k works cited page, which will price me out of many phil journals.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Sometimes it really be like that 😪

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Really shit way to learn I'm not being considered.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Minor life update: I'll be spending next academic year as a visiting fellow at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University, working on my next book. Grateful to Purdue's leadership for the leave. If you find yourself in NOLA, reach out!

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Deleted that email without reading

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Do you know what could cure it? 'back with the boys.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I just became a conservative after reading this.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

You have garbage day tomorrow too? Prayers.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Would be down to go halfsies on a pontoon.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Anyone interested in doing a panel on populism at the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics annual meeting in London this summer?

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Should we scrap elections and pick legislators at random? Some philosophers say yes. In my latest paper, I argue there are strong reasons to doubt that ordinary citizens are smart enough for the job. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sortition and cognitive ability - Brian Kogelmann, 2026

There is a growing sense that representative democracy is in crisis, leading to renewed interest in alternative institutional designs. One popular proposal—what...

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Can't crush a Bloomin' Onion with ChatGPT 🥵

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Open tab in the bar, noon to midnight 🔥🔥🔥

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

You going to the 'bees without me? 👀👀

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Not my fault, blame British Airways.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Working paper, full draft available, comments most welcome!

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Had a great time presenting my paper, “Paying Off Populists,” at the first annual PPEL in the Global South conference in Bangalore, India. Already excited for next year!

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Yes, because they say nothing about selecting virtuous leaders. However, I do raise other criticisms of their work in the piece.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

They don't actually believe it. They are performing partisanship for a poll.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I will have to read! Looks like it came out too late to make my piece, sorry about that!

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I reviewed this for Philosophy and Public Affairs. Good book.

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Brian Kogelmann @bkogel89.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I just published a Cambridge Elements that offers a critical overview of recent work in epistocracy, Confucian meritocracy, and democratic theories of meritocracy. Free to download for the next two weeks. URL: t.co/Z5BOYrCRGF.

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/political-meritocracy-in-the-21st-century/AACAB43634DBE4476BD4F2E6A1C78298?utm_date=20251128&utm_id=1764310759&utm_campaign=CLAS,Elements,Humanities,IOC&utm_sou...

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