I should be finishing my essay on monism in Schelling, Plato, and Spinoza, but I can't stop working on my Moby-Dick essay. That book truly is monstrous in all the best ways.
January 31, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I should be finishing my essay on monism in Schelling, Plato, and Spinoza, but I can't stop working on my Moby-Dick essay. That book truly is monstrous in all the best ways.
the reason why I say the overview is better is that the game theory stuff Schelling has done alone is unlikely to satisfy Olufemi's interests in social movement stuff. Schelling was much more ecunemical in his approach than others but I feel the best ideas in his work come out in margins
February 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
the reason why I say the overview is better is that the game theory stuff Schelling has done alone is unlikely to satisfy Olufemi's interests in social movement stuff. Schelling was much more ecunemical in his approach than others but I feel the best ideas in his work come out in margins
Alle Regeln,
die man dem Studieren vorschreiben könnte,
fassen sich in der einen zusammen:
Lerne nur, um selbst zu schaffen.
Friedrich Schelling
proto-existentialist
27 Jan 1775🎂
#BookSky📘
die man dem Studieren vorschreiben könnte,
fassen sich in der einen zusammen:
Lerne nur, um selbst zu schaffen.
Friedrich Schelling
proto-existentialist
27 Jan 1775🎂
#BookSky📘
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Alle Regeln,
die man dem Studieren vorschreiben könnte,
fassen sich in der einen zusammen:
Lerne nur, um selbst zu schaffen.
Friedrich Schelling
proto-existentialist
27 Jan 1775🎂
#BookSky📘
die man dem Studieren vorschreiben könnte,
fassen sich in der einen zusammen:
Lerne nur, um selbst zu schaffen.
Friedrich Schelling
proto-existentialist
27 Jan 1775🎂
#BookSky📘
deleting signal now that it's compromised. find me at the schelling point
deleting signal now that it's compromised. find me at a city at the end of time
deleting signal now that it's compromised. find me at i leave message here on service but you do not call
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
deleting signal now that it's compromised. find me at the schelling point
Tangent, but I've been thinking about pressure on pols to act in terms of the latent threat of voting, riffing off of Schelling and the latent threat of violence as the basis for most ultimate ends to conflict. You cave when polling goes south because it indicates a future vote against you
January 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Tangent, but I've been thinking about pressure on pols to act in terms of the latent threat of voting, riffing off of Schelling and the latent threat of violence as the basis for most ultimate ends to conflict. You cave when polling goes south because it indicates a future vote against you
*nodding* Thomas Schelling and Robert Axelrod
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
*nodding* Thomas Schelling and Robert Axelrod
Great explanation of the EU's anti-coercion instrument, with a generous helping of Schelling and deterrence theory, by the incomparable @himself.bsky.social.
Opinion | Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Great explanation of the EU's anti-coercion instrument, with a generous helping of Schelling and deterrence theory, by the incomparable @himself.bsky.social.
Very good piece about what Europe can and should do about Trump's Greenland threats by @himself.bsky.social.
But will they? Or will national divisions, denial, and risk aversion get in the way?
Essentially, Europe could use more Tom Schelling Thought.
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But will they? Or will national divisions, denial, and risk aversion get in the way?
Essentially, Europe could use more Tom Schelling Thought.
Gift link, for anyone without a subscription:
Opinion | Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Very good piece about what Europe can and should do about Trump's Greenland threats by @himself.bsky.social.
But will they? Or will national divisions, denial, and risk aversion get in the way?
Essentially, Europe could use more Tom Schelling Thought.
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But will they? Or will national divisions, denial, and risk aversion get in the way?
Essentially, Europe could use more Tom Schelling Thought.
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People will use the second to claim the first has never been existed, and that is both literally true and missing the point.
The first is the Schelling point you tie everyone to so that you can continue to advance the cause of the downtrodden who have been excluded in the second
The first is the Schelling point you tie everyone to so that you can continue to advance the cause of the downtrodden who have been excluded in the second
January 22, 2026 at 4:51 PM
People will use the second to claim the first has never been existed, and that is both literally true and missing the point.
The first is the Schelling point you tie everyone to so that you can continue to advance the cause of the downtrodden who have been excluded in the second
The first is the Schelling point you tie everyone to so that you can continue to advance the cause of the downtrodden who have been excluded in the second
To break free from subjugation, Europe needs to commit to not retreating. Credible commitments & tripwires mechanisms are the strategic concepts of Thomas Schelling, whose ideas shaped American nuclear strategy during the Cold War. (NYT)
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
To break free from subjugation, Europe needs to commit to not retreating. Credible commitments & tripwires mechanisms are the strategic concepts of Thomas Schelling, whose ideas shaped American nuclear strategy during the Cold War. (NYT)
It's not an "on/off the table" issue because the threat to use force is conditional on whether Trump gets what he wants. That's how coercion works - it involves both a threat of force and an implicit reassurance that force won't be used. READ THEORY*
(*or not. maybe grandpa just says things)
(*or not. maybe grandpa just says things)
January 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM
It's not an "on/off the table" issue because the threat to use force is conditional on whether Trump gets what he wants. That's how coercion works - it involves both a threat of force and an implicit reassurance that force won't be used. READ THEORY*
(*or not. maybe grandpa just says things)
(*or not. maybe grandpa just says things)
rise to "that part of twitter" as a Schelling name?? You, an individual, have decided you could understand and cater to the picky, squirming, weather of cultural fashion despite being a default authority of a site that gets better the more invisible the infra feels?
January 22, 2026 at 9:45 AM
rise to "that part of twitter" as a Schelling name?? You, an individual, have decided you could understand and cater to the picky, squirming, weather of cultural fashion despite being a default authority of a site that gets better the more invisible the infra feels?
In the Cold War, West Berlin was over 100 miles inside enemy soil, vulnerable. Schelling suggested that the U.S. based troops there so they would die if the Soviets hit. Soviet leaders feared that triggering this trap could provoke a nuclear war. They chose not to risk it.(NYT)
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In the Cold War, West Berlin was over 100 miles inside enemy soil, vulnerable. Schelling suggested that the U.S. based troops there so they would die if the Soviets hit. Soviet leaders feared that triggering this trap could provoke a nuclear war. They chose not to risk it.(NYT)
5/ Then there's the Schelling deterrence approach, named after Thomas Schelling, the Nobel laureate who pioneered nuclear deterrence theory during the Cold War. His logic was elegantly simple:
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
5/ Then there's the Schelling deterrence approach, named after Thomas Schelling, the Nobel laureate who pioneered nuclear deterrence theory during the Cold War. His logic was elegantly simple:
This is such a great piece. 20 years since grad school and I'm going to need to reread Schelling.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
This is such a great piece. 20 years since grad school and I'm going to need to reread Schelling.
One more thing Trump should know but doesn’t: Schelling shows to compel behavior you need not only to threaten but to offer an agreed outcome. Trump’s unreliability means no deal is dependable (see USMCA), so compellance less likely successful.
January 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM
One more thing Trump should know but doesn’t: Schelling shows to compel behavior you need not only to threaten but to offer an agreed outcome. Trump’s unreliability means no deal is dependable (see USMCA), so compellance less likely successful.
🔥 My book Conversations on Rational Choice is finally out: Conversation partners include Kenneth Arrow, Gary Becker, C. Bicchieri, D. Kahneman, P. Suppes, Christian List, Vernon Smith, Tom Schelling, L.A.Paul, C. Camerer, Martin Shubik, R. Kranton, and many others. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Conversations on Rational Choice
Cambridge Core - Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology - Conversations on Rational Choice
www.cambridge.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
🔥 My book Conversations on Rational Choice is finally out: Conversation partners include Kenneth Arrow, Gary Becker, C. Bicchieri, D. Kahneman, P. Suppes, Christian List, Vernon Smith, Tom Schelling, L.A.Paul, C. Camerer, Martin Shubik, R. Kranton, and many others. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Lange geschlafen. Ganztägig an der Implementierung des Zettelkastens gewerkelt.
Currywurst bei den Pommesfreunden, jetzt Testbesuch im nach Wirtewechsel neu eröffneten Schelling-Salon. (Siehe Wikipedia)
Currywurst bei den Pommesfreunden, jetzt Testbesuch im nach Wirtewechsel neu eröffneten Schelling-Salon. (Siehe Wikipedia)
January 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Lange geschlafen. Ganztägig an der Implementierung des Zettelkastens gewerkelt.
Currywurst bei den Pommesfreunden, jetzt Testbesuch im nach Wirtewechsel neu eröffneten Schelling-Salon. (Siehe Wikipedia)
Currywurst bei den Pommesfreunden, jetzt Testbesuch im nach Wirtewechsel neu eröffneten Schelling-Salon. (Siehe Wikipedia)
The most bizarre geopolitical development of my lifetime may be NATO states—Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden(!)—sending tripwire troops (so evocatively described by Schelling) to defend a NATO state against the United States.
Marx: “This was inevitable.”
Narrator: “It wasn’t.”
Marx: “This was inevitable.”
Narrator: “It wasn’t.”
a man in a suit and tie is saying " i got to say it 's weird "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying " i got to say it 's weird "
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The most bizarre geopolitical development of my lifetime may be NATO states—Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden(!)—sending tripwire troops (so evocatively described by Schelling) to defend a NATO state against the United States.
Marx: “This was inevitable.”
Narrator: “It wasn’t.”
Marx: “This was inevitable.”
Narrator: “It wasn’t.”
Hab ich das bei Schelling richtig verstanden mit French nails länger als die Shorts baby gib ihm
January 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Hab ich das bei Schelling richtig verstanden mit French nails länger als die Shorts baby gib ihm
the Schelling game for philosophers
January 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
the Schelling game for philosophers
pretty sure Thomas Schelling is rolling over in his grave when people call Trump's bullying "coercive dipomacy" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Being a bully and coerceive diplomacy are not synonymous. The latter involved threats and .... restraint. Oh, and it involved goals that don't move much
Being a bully and coerceive diplomacy are not synonymous. The latter involved threats and .... restraint. Oh, and it involved goals that don't move much
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
pretty sure Thomas Schelling is rolling over in his grave when people call Trump's bullying "coercive dipomacy" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Being a bully and coerceive diplomacy are not synonymous. The latter involved threats and .... restraint. Oh, and it involved goals that don't move much
Being a bully and coerceive diplomacy are not synonymous. The latter involved threats and .... restraint. Oh, and it involved goals that don't move much
I don’t mean this as “large scale bombings to cripple the Iranian military” so much as “limited force to coerce the Iranians into backing off a militarized crackdown”
You know. Schelling stuff.
You know. Schelling stuff.
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I don’t mean this as “large scale bombings to cripple the Iranian military” so much as “limited force to coerce the Iranians into backing off a militarized crackdown”
You know. Schelling stuff.
You know. Schelling stuff.
Deterrence and reassurance are two sides of the same coin, blah blah
READ THEORY
READ THEORY
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Deterrence and reassurance are two sides of the same coin, blah blah
READ THEORY
READ THEORY