Wisdom of CrowdsEpisode 1: Healthy Assimilation or White Supremacy?1×0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:05:14-1:05:14Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Episode 1: Healthy Assimilation or White Supremacy?The salad bowl is worse than the melting pot.Damir Marusic and Shadi HamidJul 26, 2019ShareIn the inaugural episode of this ongoing experiment, Shadi and Damir talk about how inherent tensions in American identity—between inclusion and assimilation—are being tugged apart in perhaps unhealthy ways.Discussion about this episodeCommentsRestacksWisdom of CrowdsAgreement is nice. Disagreement is better.Agreement is nice. Disagreement is better.SubscribeListen onSubstack AppSpotifyRSS FeedAppears in episodeDamir MarusicShadi HamidRecent EpisodesHow Democracies Can Get Their Mojo BackDec 28 • Damir Marusic, Shadi Hamid, and Michael McFaulHoliday Special: The Case for a New American FoundingDec 24 • Wisdom of CrowdsWhy are Charismatic Demagogues So Attractive?Dec 14 • Damir Marusic, Samuel Kimbriel, and Nils GilmanDo We Crave Intensity in Our Lives?Dec 8 • Damir Marusic and Christine EmbaLea Ypi on Dignity, History and Internet TrollsNov 30 • Santiago Ramos, Damir Marusic, Lea Ypi, and Wisdom of CrowdsWho Is Zohran Mamdani, Really?Nov 22 • Wisdom of Crowds, Damir Marusic, Shadi Hamid, and Ross BarkanShadi Hamid on the Case for AmericaNov 15 • Shadi Hamid, Damir Marusic, Wisdom of Crowds, and Matt DussWill the Right Sideline Nick Fuentes? Can it?Nov 8 • Damir Marusic and James Kirchick