We Must Defend Free Thought
Scientific and technological progress cannot happen without people thinking freely—so to clamp down on it is to clamp down on progress itself.
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Quillette Podcast 12 - Speeches by Claire Lehmann, Jamie Kilstein, Michael Shermer, Jonathan Kay, Christina Hoff Sommers and Toby Young
Listen onSpotify Listen to highlights from the speeches made at Quillette‘s party in Toronto by Quillette founder Claire Lehmann, stand-up comic Jamie Kilstein, Skeptic editor Michael Shermer, Quillette‘s Canadian editor Jonathan Kay, author and philosopher Christina Hoff Sommers and Quillette‘s associate editor Toby Young. Thanks to
Feast and Drink for Our Community's Health
Large-scale studies have found that around ten percent of adults in Western nations experience chronic loneliness.
Camille Paglia — It's Time for a New Map of the Gender World
A society that respects neither religion nor art cannot be called a civilization.
Redefining Sexual Harassment
Sexist comments and “ambient harassment” are, by their very nature, more ambiguous than a boss’s groping or demands for sexual favours.
From the Editor
Social media has sped time up. In the world of Twitter, outrage is instantaneous, and deliberation impossible.
From the Editor
Legacy media is not the gatekeeping institution it once was. Large parts of our higher education systems have been captured by administrators and activists.
Understanding Victimhood Culture — Interview with Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning
Conservatives and others who find themselves opposed to campus activists might uphold the values of the dignity culture the activists reject
The Sceptical Optimist — Interview with Michael Shermer
An interview with the founder of The Skeptics Society.
The Autistic Buddha — An Interview
The fundamental Buddhist dictum is that “life is suffering” and that the only way of transcending this suffering is to face up to it squarely.
The Empathy Gap in Tech — Interview with a Software Engineer
The tech industry more broadly is rarely discussed in terms of friendliness towards those with high functioning autism, such as Gideon.
Neuroscience and Intelligence — Interview with Richard Haier
Is it possible to see if someone is high in g by their brain activity on a PET scan or fMRI scan – and if so, what does it look like?