Immigration, Justice, and Prosperity
This is not an argument against immigration in general. Instead, it suggests there are good reasons to be skeptical of arguments for open-borders.
Jonathan Anomaly
· 5 min read
The Future of Artificial Intelligence — Two Experts Disagree
The most obvious and useful examples of current AI are the speech recognition on your phone, and search engines such as Google.
Peter Stratton and Michael Milford
· 8 min read
Best of the Web — 28th July 2017
Culture A Secularist vs. the Progressive Faith Tom Wilson, Commentary Liu Xiaobo and Twitter’s Theatre of Radical Cruelty Jamie Palmer, Tablet Magazine Science Don’t Believe in God? Maybe You’ll try U.F.Os Clay Routledge, The New York Times First Human Embryos Edited in U.S. Steve
Quillette
· 1 min read
Richard Dawkins Celebrated by Activists and Ex-Muslims at London Conference
It is only the theocratic movement of Islamism that seeks to silence critics with character assassination, blasphemy laws, threat of riot and the dirty murder of cartoonists.
Alison Bevege
· 4 min read
Struggling to Ditch Meat — Five Ways to Resist Temptation
Getting to know the emotional lives of farmed animals and developing the habit of associating meat with animal suffering may be a potent tool in the meat reducer’s tool kit.
Jared Piazza
· 5 min read
Are Countries That Are Much Richer Than Others Unjust?
Moller musters economic data to suggest that blatant injustices barely show up in the overall trajectory of economic growth in most countries over long periods of time.
Jonathan Anomaly, Hrishikesh Joshi
· 6 min read
Best of the Web — 22nd July 2017
CultureRichard Dawkins deplatformed at a book talk in Berkeley for “abusive speech” about Islam on Twitter Jerry Coyne, Why Evolution is True Why it’s a Bad Idea to Tell Students that Words are Violence Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff, The Atlantic Aliens, Antisemitism and Academia Remi Adekoya & Landon
Quillette
· 1 min read
Evergreen State and the Battle for Modernity, Part 2
Evergreen State fiasco drew national attention, and since then it appears that the college has only chosen to double down on the insanity.
Michael Aaron
· 9 min read
Kill All Normies — Online Culture Wars and the Rise of the Alt-Right: Review
Kill All Normies is merely a good start in need of deeper research, broader connections, clearer argumentation, and a great deal of editing.
Oliver Traldi
· 17 min read
Leftist Hypocrisy on Islam Is Setting the Stage for Violence
The progress we as a society have made in recent decades—in women’s rights and in gay rights, for starters—largely stems from our overcoming religion-based prejudices.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 10 min read
The Neurodiversity Case for Free Speech
Newton wouldn’t last long as a ‘public intellectual’ in modern American culture.
Geoffrey Miller
· 20 min read
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Claire Lehmann
· 1 min read
Time to Stop Worrying About First-World Gender Gaps
There will never be perfect 50:50 gender parity in every field.
Aaron Neil
· 6 min read
Postmodernism Is Inherently Authoritarian
Postmodernism is a broad school of thought. It has exerted influence throughout the humanities and social sciences.
Zane Beal
· 13 min read
Born 100 Years Ago, Anthony Burgess Was a Genius Who Fought for Free Speech
Despite his worldwide reputation as the creator of nightmare futures, many people are unaware of Burgess’s credentials as an outspoken opponent of literary censorship.
Andrew Biswell
· 5 min read