Kevin Lively studied Physics at North Carolina State University, moved to London for his Masters Degree and received his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg Germany. He is originally from Raleigh, North Carolina and has settled in Germany. He works professionally in Quantum Computing and pursues his interests in studying history, politics and economics when he's not hiking or traveling. Email: kevin.lively01 [at] gmail.com
by Kevin Lively “-isms” are dangerous things. Weighty ideologies with wide sweeping narratives packed into a neat little bundle, whose slogans are repeated ad-nauseam until the word itself becomes the message and any empirical weight the narrative may have had recedes into the background. Capitalism, Marxism, Constitutional Originalism, Fascism, Liberalism, Socialism, Anarchism, Statism or Nihilism.…
by Kevin Lively In the six weeks since taking office, the Trump administration has moved with an alacrity boarding on mania, pursuing the tactical doctrine of Steve Bannon: flooding the zone. In a head spinning few weeks, the effort to reshape the federal government (i.e. make it small enough to drown in a bathtub), spearheaded…
by Kevin Lively The re-election of Donald Trump has prompted a spectrum of reactions among those who are . . . unenthusiastic . . . at this outcome. One common reaction I’ve observed among progressive friends and those who enthusiastically rather than grudgingly vote Democrat is confusion. Many reactions are understandable: dread about the implications…