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The Other California

The Other California

A road trip out of the Matrix and into the real

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Matthew B. Crawford
Mar 25, 2024
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When I got an invitation to speak at Pepperdine, a college set in the hills of Malibu overlooking the ocean, I jumped on it as a suitable pretext for a road trip. From which I have just returned. Conservatives love to gripe about California, and I have done some of that myself. But beneath the chatter, the fact remains that California is simply… a mirac…

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