Politics The Worst of Liberal Absolutism Posted on June 5, 2018June 5, 20182 commentsbyO.T. Ford The problem is that there are also valid arguments on the other side. Only an absolutist pretends otherwise. View Post
View Post 18 min Science & Tech Why Good People Turn Bad Online Posted on May 25, 2018June 1, 20182 commentsbyGaia Vince Meet the scientists finding out how we can defeat our inner trolls and build more cooperative digital societies. On the evening of 17 February 2018, Professor Mary Beard posted on… View Post
View Post 5 min Politics The Amorality of the Mob: Personal Reflections on the Evergreen Incident One Year On Posted on May 23, 2018No commentsbyIona Italia It’s the one-year anniversary of the day on which mild-mannered leftist Jewish professor Bret Weinstein was confronted in his classroom by a mob of angry students. By a strange twist… View Post
View Post 6 min Features Because It Feels Good: Social Justice and the Politics of Shame Posted on April 3, 2018April 3, 20188 commentsbyRichard Pallardy Let’s just say it: Watching people be destroyed is delicious. View Post
View Post 2 min From Under The Bowels of Twitter Posted on February 5, 2018February 4, 2018One commentbyMalhar Mali A friend messaged me out of concern recently. “I think you have to be really careful,” he said, referencing this exploratory piece on the roots of genocide by Bradley Campbell,… View Post
View Post 6 min Politics Truth and Power in a New Age of Publishing Posted on January 11, 2018March 6, 20182 commentsbyMalhar Mali The landscape has changed. View Post
View Post 6 min Politics Fake News and Tribalism: Your Team Does It, Too Posted on February 20, 2017September 8, 2017One commentbyMalhar Mali I can’t be the first person to have noticed that whenever someone makes a political statement more often than not it’s met with the dismissive response: “Oh, that’s something a Democrat… View Post