Erik Baker
@erikmbaker.bsky.social
Historian at Harvard, senior editor at The Drift, author of Make Your Own Job
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I have an essay on self-help, the "philosophy" industry, and human finitude in our new issue. As Dylan said of "Tangled Up In Blue," it took me ten years to live and two to write. I hope you enjoy. www.thedriftmag.com/how-i-learne...
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have an essay on self-help, the "philosophy" industry, and human finitude in our new issue. As Dylan said of "Tangled Up In Blue," it took me ten years to live and two to write. I hope you enjoy. www.thedriftmag.com/how-i-learne...
Proud to join friends, comrades, and inspirations in a boycott of the NYT Opinion section until the paper meaningfully redresses its complicity in the Gaza genocide. As a former contributor, this was not an easy choice, but I know it's the right one. www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Proud to join friends, comrades, and inspirations in a boycott of the NYT Opinion section until the paper meaningfully redresses its complicity in the Gaza genocide. As a former contributor, this was not an easy choice, but I know it's the right one. www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
Yes, "Satan Is Real" by the Louvin Brothers
September 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yes, "Satan Is Real" by the Louvin Brothers
Finally finished one of my summer projects, watching the whole M:I series for the first time
August 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Finally finished one of my summer projects, watching the whole M:I series for the first time
My whole body is sore today but I did something I've wanted to do ever since I moved to New England!
August 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My whole body is sore today but I did something I've wanted to do ever since I moved to New England!
This piece also explains what I see as the central paradox of contemporary advocacy for nuclear energy: it's presented as a hack to solve climate change while otherwise preserving business as usual, but business as usual makes it absolutely impossible
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This piece also explains what I see as the central paradox of contemporary advocacy for nuclear energy: it's presented as a hack to solve climate change while otherwise preserving business as usual, but business as usual makes it absolutely impossible
I have a new paper in History of Political Economy that is now available to read for free online. It's about what we can and can't learn from studying – and criticizing – economics using the methods of the history of science. read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
August 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have a new paper in History of Political Economy that is now available to read for free online. It's about what we can and can't learn from studying – and criticizing – economics using the methods of the history of science. read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
Today is the 80th anniversary of one of the most momentous atrocities of modern times. Proud to lend my voice to this valuable @aljazeera.com analysis. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
August 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today is the 80th anniversary of one of the most momentous atrocities of modern times. Proud to lend my voice to this valuable @aljazeera.com analysis. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
As the prophecy foretold
July 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
As the prophecy foretold
"Love your neighbor, but don't go overboard" - Jesus Christ
July 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Love your neighbor, but don't go overboard" - Jesus Christ
Just profoundly evil
July 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Just profoundly evil
Spending more time on here as the other site becomes totally unusable but this kind of nihilistic Dem-chauvinist bullshit is *everywhere* and it makes it really challenging
July 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Spending more time on here as the other site becomes totally unusable but this kind of nihilistic Dem-chauvinist bullshit is *everywhere* and it makes it really challenging
Let's go!!! So proud of the work our contributors and editorial team put into this one, and so excited to have it out in the world in physical form
July 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Let's go!!! So proud of the work our contributors and editorial team put into this one, and so excited to have it out in the world in physical form
The passage of this bill is the ultimate triumph of Trumpian social Darwinism at its most naked harpers.org/archive/2025...
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The passage of this bill is the ultimate triumph of Trumpian social Darwinism at its most naked harpers.org/archive/2025...
Some extremely prophetic stuff in here, check it out www.thedriftmag.com/we-will-not-...
June 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Some extremely prophetic stuff in here, check it out www.thedriftmag.com/we-will-not-...
For the weekend readers, resharing my new piece in @harpers.bsky.social on social Darwinism and Trumpian ideology harpers.org/archive/2025...
June 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
For the weekend readers, resharing my new piece in @harpers.bsky.social on social Darwinism and Trumpian ideology harpers.org/archive/2025...
For the July issue, I took my first seat in the @harpers.bsky.social Easy Chair, with a piece on social Darwinism and the America that produced Trump harpers.org/archive/2025...
June 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For the July issue, I took my first seat in the @harpers.bsky.social Easy Chair, with a piece on social Darwinism and the America that produced Trump harpers.org/archive/2025...
Make Your Own Job is now available in audiobook form, wherever you get yours! Enrich your commute, chores, and walks by learning about generalized overproduction, precarious work, and our society's ideological responses www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/ma...
May 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Make Your Own Job is now available in audiobook form, wherever you get yours! Enrich your commute, chores, and walks by learning about generalized overproduction, precarious work, and our society's ideological responses www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/ma...
Some good people at GWU are under the impression that I have some wisdom to impart on the current catastrophe. I will do my best to prove them right on Monday evening - hope to see you there
April 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Some good people at GWU are under the impression that I have some wisdom to impart on the current catastrophe. I will do my best to prove them right on Monday evening - hope to see you there
A sentence I never thought I'd write: I made an appearance in the Wall Street Journal today
April 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A sentence I never thought I'd write: I made an appearance in the Wall Street Journal today