The Paradox of Democracy
The entire idea of democracy is predicated on two essential assumptions, that humans will value knowledge, and humans will decide on the basis of rationality.
Sumantra Maitra
· 7 min read
Why Universities Should Get Rid of PowerPoint and Why They Won't
Overreliance on slides has contributed to the absurd belief that expecting and requiring students to read books, attend classes, take notes and do homework is unreasonable.
Paul Ralph
· 4 min read
The Virtues of Inwardness: Reclaiming the Life of the Mind in a Politicized World
Perhaps our belief that the intellectual is synonymous with the political is less an eternal fact of human existence than a symptom of our own hyper-politicized times.
James Walker
· 11 min read
What I Learned In My Women’s Studies Classes
Oppression does indeed exist. But, oppression is complicated, far more complicated than can be distilled in an undergraduate academic setting.
Mazelit Airaksinen
· 4 min read
Daily Life's Boy-Bashing Clickbait Reaches New Low
It might just be that casual prejudice has become so commonplace that many of us don’t even notice it anymore.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
On the Reality of Race & the Abhorrence of Racism Part II: Human Biodiversity & Its Implications
This can be avoided with a moratorium, but then we’re back to square one. This sparks a near infinite regress of bad options.
Brian Boutwell
· 12 min read
The Future of Genetic Enhancement is Not in the West
If the critics are correct that human enhancement is unethical, dangerous or both, then yes, emergence in China would be worrying.
G Owen Schaefer
· 5 min read
What Experts Do and Don't Know
Humans around the world have knowledge about many things. Some of it is the kind one might write essays about, or learn about in graduate courses at university.
Brendon Brewer
· 7 min read
When Bad Ideas Refuse to Die: the Denial of Human Individuality
The situationist idea that personality is an illusion is an arresting one, but it is false.
Luke Smillie and Nick Haslam
· 4 min read
"Like" This Essay — The Case Against Social Media
Social media isn’t the cause of these crises in our culture; rather, there is a sense that it has betrayed its higher purpose.
Timothy Cootes
· 6 min read
Why Isn’t Sexual Slavery a Feminist Priority?
Their lives were destroyed, and their lives will remain destroyed if we don’t say anything. To bring back their rights, we must speak up.
Keiran Harris
· 6 min read
In Praise of Ambivalence — “Young” Feminism, Gender Identity and Free Speech
It’s about the role of ambivalence in contemporary politics, focusing on an emerging strand of feminist politics.
Brian D Earp
· 35 min read
Forget de Botton's Advice — Why Lower Expectations Won't Help Your Marriage
Marriage is casting a vote for a candidate who will help us create the kind of life we can enjoy and value.
Noam Shpancer
· 7 min read
On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism
To our knowledge, we have yet to see a similar example applied specifically to race.
Bo Winegard, Brian Boutwell
· 10 min read
Regaining Culture In Post-Society America
Every other great nation takes care to cultivate certain traditional values in its people.
Julian Friedland
· 7 min read