Sarah Stein Lubrano
@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social
Writer and broadcaster. Thinking at the intersection of critical theory and cognitive science. Book coming out May 2025. she/her
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The Perils of Social Atrophy - The Ideas Letter
Societal disconnection is often framed as a “loneliness epidemic,” but the crisis runs much deeper: It’s not just that we feel alone, but also that prolonged isolation is rewiring our…
www.theideasletter.org
So so so pleased that my piece on social atrophy is out in the Open Society Foundation’s The Ideas Letter.
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
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This is so worth reading and thinking about… and worth thinking about how we live our lives and might - like trying to exercise more- try to live with others a bit more… Even An introvert like me is convince by this argument…
So so so pleased that my piece on social atrophy is out in the Open Society Foundation’s The Ideas Letter.
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
The Perils of Social Atrophy - The Ideas Letter
Societal disconnection is often framed as a “loneliness epidemic,” but the crisis runs much deeper: It’s not just that we feel alone, but also that prolonged isolation is rewiring our…
www.theideasletter.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is so worth reading and thinking about… and worth thinking about how we live our lives and might - like trying to exercise more- try to live with others a bit more… Even An introvert like me is convince by this argument…
I wrote about what it means to create content in a world of non-followers. "Non-follower content world is a world where viewers have very little context for who you are."
Welcome to a World of "Nonfollowers"
TikTok and Reels are for people who don't know each other - and possibly never will
sarahsteinlubrano.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I wrote about what it means to create content in a world of non-followers. "Non-follower content world is a world where viewers have very little context for who you are."
What a lovely, thorough, fair review :)
New post - a long review of @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's book, Don't Talk About Politics.
This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
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This is a book that arrived just at the right time for me, helping some difficult ideas slide into place.
It lays out a fundamental challenge to politics-as-usual
in-between-days.ghost.io/the-hitchhik...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Political Psychology?
"The point, in short, is that we need to talk less about politics (in the sense of arguing with people) and instead build a world where those people are likely to encounter more and thus change their ...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
What a lovely, thorough, fair review :)
Thank you so much! I worked quiteee hard at this :)
@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social reading your book right now and chapter three is fucking 🔥. Really appreciate the integrative, inter-disciplinary approach you’re taking with it. Thanks for writing this.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thank you so much! I worked quiteee hard at this :)
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New speaker announcement!
Dr. @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Researcher and Author, will join us as a panelist at the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 🧵
📅29 October
🕠 17:30–20:30
📍 South Kensington Campus (also livestreamed)
buff.ly/4sEkBik
Dr. @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Researcher and Author, will join us as a panelist at the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 🧵
📅29 October
🕠 17:30–20:30
📍 South Kensington Campus (also livestreamed)
buff.ly/4sEkBik
October 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New speaker announcement!
Dr. @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Researcher and Author, will join us as a panelist at the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 🧵
📅29 October
🕠 17:30–20:30
📍 South Kensington Campus (also livestreamed)
buff.ly/4sEkBik
Dr. @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Researcher and Author, will join us as a panelist at the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 🧵
📅29 October
🕠 17:30–20:30
📍 South Kensington Campus (also livestreamed)
buff.ly/4sEkBik
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Quite liking first chapters so far of “Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds," by @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social 🤐
October 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Quite liking first chapters so far of “Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds," by @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social 🤐
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@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social gave a great talk on her book "Don't Talk about Politics" today in the Commission.
Among many striking lines "Conversations don't change minds, relationships do".
Some important consequences for #scipol
Among many striking lines "Conversations don't change minds, relationships do".
Some important consequences for #scipol
October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social gave a great talk on her book "Don't Talk about Politics" today in the Commission.
Among many striking lines "Conversations don't change minds, relationships do".
Some important consequences for #scipol
Among many striking lines "Conversations don't change minds, relationships do".
Some important consequences for #scipol
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Join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Brussels in November for a workshop on the deplorable state of things and what can be done
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Join @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social and me in Brussels in November for a workshop on the deplorable state of things and what can be done
Last event on this book in London, at least for a while. I’d love to see people there!
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25th September | Don’t Talk About Politics – How to Change 21st Century Minds
Democracy is dying because we are clinging to a dangerous myth: talking about politics can change people's minds. It doesn't. Political psychologist Sarah Stein Lubrano joins Tim Finch with the answer...
howtoacademy.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Last event on this book in London, at least for a while. I’d love to see people there!
howtoacademy.com/events/dont-...
howtoacademy.com/events/dont-...
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Readings I've found useful for thinking about this recently:
@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's Don't Talk About Politics & Malcolm Harris' What's Left
@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's Don't Talk About Politics & Malcolm Harris' What's Left
September 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Readings I've found useful for thinking about this recently:
@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's Don't Talk About Politics & Malcolm Harris' What's Left
@sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's Don't Talk About Politics & Malcolm Harris' What's Left
I’m doing a big online talk aimed at suburban women against Trump (but which is available to anyone I believe :-))
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go.redwine.blue/0904tt-ssl
Join & learn how to have effective conversations that change minds--w/o talking politics. Sign up!
Want to understand how to influence and persuade people when it comes to politics? Join us to learn how to break through polarization, build trust, and turn everyday conversations into meaningful cha...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I’m doing a big online talk aimed at suburban women against Trump (but which is available to anyone I believe :-))
go.redwine.blue/0904tt-ssl
go.redwine.blue/0904tt-ssl
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Great piece which I think should be read alongside James Kanagasooriam's piece on agency.
Both come at things from a very different perspective, but reach similar conclusions.
Alienation and a lack of agency are damaging the body politic.
But also changing the way people are wired.
Both come at things from a very different perspective, but reach similar conclusions.
Alienation and a lack of agency are damaging the body politic.
But also changing the way people are wired.
August 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Great piece which I think should be read alongside James Kanagasooriam's piece on agency.
Both come at things from a very different perspective, but reach similar conclusions.
Alienation and a lack of agency are damaging the body politic.
But also changing the way people are wired.
Both come at things from a very different perspective, but reach similar conclusions.
Alienation and a lack of agency are damaging the body politic.
But also changing the way people are wired.
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I've been really enjoying @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's argument against the whole concept of the "marketplace of ideas" in here 'Don't Talk About Politics' btw, would recommend!
Sarah Stein Lubrano
www.sarahsteinlubrano.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I've been really enjoying @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social's argument against the whole concept of the "marketplace of ideas" in here 'Don't Talk About Politics' btw, would recommend!
So so so pleased that my piece on social atrophy is out in the Open Society Foundation’s The Ideas Letter.
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
The Perils of Social Atrophy - The Ideas Letter
Societal disconnection is often framed as a “loneliness epidemic,” but the crisis runs much deeper: It’s not just that we feel alone, but also that prolonged isolation is rewiring our…
www.theideasletter.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
So so so pleased that my piece on social atrophy is out in the Open Society Foundation’s The Ideas Letter.
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
I explore ideas in the last book but take them further. I bring in a bit more Marx, and think about how alienation and neuroplasticity are related.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-pe...
Nice to be book of the day for @nextbigidea.bsky.social :) bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/debate-me-...
Debate Me, Bro. Actually, Don't—Here's A Better Way to Persuade
Arguments don’t change minds—lived experience does. Here's how to create the kind of change that actually sticks.
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Nice to be book of the day for @nextbigidea.bsky.social :) bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/debate-me-...
Much looking forward to this!
August 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Much looking forward to this!
Has anyone written well about democratic deliberation and introversion?
July 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Has anyone written well about democratic deliberation and introversion?
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Check out Part 2 of my terrific conversation with @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social about her new book, Don't Talk About Politics! Watch, subscribe, buy Sarah's book!
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Social Atrophy and the Fight to Reclaim Real Connection with Sarah Stein Lubrano, Part 2
YouTube video by The Home Front
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July 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Check out Part 2 of my terrific conversation with @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social about her new book, Don't Talk About Politics! Watch, subscribe, buy Sarah's book!
youtu.be/QlYzoC3UR_4?...
youtu.be/QlYzoC3UR_4?...
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This is damn smart actually.
On the importance of the stickers (and graffiti) in your neighbourhood.
July 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is damn smart actually.
On the importance of the stickers (and graffiti) in your neighbourhood.
July 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On the importance of the stickers (and graffiti) in your neighbourhood.
Happy to be featured in the Süddeutsche Zeitung today—and tickled by the paragraph where I immediately turn to late capitalism.
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Happy to be featured in the Süddeutsche Zeitung today—and tickled by the paragraph where I immediately turn to late capitalism.
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I think this post from @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social does a pretty good job explaining why the production/commodification of a kind of individual (a)communality implies the production of a particular kind of madness
sarahsteinlubrano.substack.com/p/why-does-a...
sarahsteinlubrano.substack.com/p/why-does-a...
Why Does AI Use Harm the Brain?
It makes us less thoughtful. And more delusional.
sarahsteinlubrano.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I think this post from @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social does a pretty good job explaining why the production/commodification of a kind of individual (a)communality implies the production of a particular kind of madness
sarahsteinlubrano.substack.com/p/why-does-a...
sarahsteinlubrano.substack.com/p/why-does-a...
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i feel like this is how mainstream news and cultural affairs operates too.
btw im in the 20% that agreed with her other video. it didn't make me mad. i jus thought 'yeah... i am miserable.'.
btw im in the 20% that agreed with her other video. it didn't make me mad. i jus thought 'yeah... i am miserable.'.
The 60-20-20 rule via @jamietahsin.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
i feel like this is how mainstream news and cultural affairs operates too.
btw im in the 20% that agreed with her other video. it didn't make me mad. i jus thought 'yeah... i am miserable.'.
btw im in the 20% that agreed with her other video. it didn't make me mad. i jus thought 'yeah... i am miserable.'.
The 60-20-20 rule via @jamietahsin.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The 60-20-20 rule via @jamietahsin.bsky.social