Uri Harris

On the IDW: A Response to Eric Weinstein

We’re not going to return to a worldview that acts as if society is identity-blind.

Uri Harris

5 May 2019 · 7 min read

Caricaturing the Left Doesn’t Benefit the Intellectual Dark Web

The danger for the IDW members is to think that they’re ideology-free while holding to a very distinct classical liberal ideology, and rationalising that apparent contradiction by convincing themselves that the left, which has largely moved on from classical liberalism, has simply gone crazy.

Uri Harris

27 Apr 2019 · 9 min read

Is the 'Intellectual Dark Web' Politically Diverse?

After gathering a lot of data, it’s important to do a “sanity check,” which means taking a step back and making sure that the big picture that emerges from the data makes sense.

Uri Harris

17 Apr 2019 · 8 min read

The Sudden Unpopularity of Neoliberal Centrists

For every ad a corporation runs encouraging people to vote for a political initiative, it runs a hundred ads presenting a product or service through the lens of a socially progressive narrative.

Uri Harris

14 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

Patreon Games

Progressives and corporations when aligned form a very powerful coalition, so when they combine to restrict speech or behavior they’re likely to be successful.

Uri Harris

9 Jan 2019 · 12 min read

The Institutionalization of Social Justice

Last year, Google engineer James Damore was fired after an internal memo he wrote was leaked to technology website Gizmodo, causing an uproar within the company.

Uri Harris

17 Nov 2018 · 12 min read

Do Advocacy Groups Belong in Academia?

Science seeks to explain the world, but explanation conflicts with condemnation, which is an important component of injustice and in turn advocacy.

Uri Harris

11 Oct 2018 · 11 min read

The War on Normal People—A Review

Recognising that there is a problem is half the battle.

Uri Harris

29 Jun 2018 · 8 min read

The Munk Debate and the Perils of Tribalism

Tribalism isn’t a toy and academics who think they can regulate it up and down like a set of dials to determine who’s in which group

Uri Harris

28 May 2018 · 6 min read

Can Liberalism Survive?

Marxian critique of liberalism is powerful and penetrating. It splits liberalism into two parts—an intellectual part and a social part—and shows a conflict.

Uri Harris

15 May 2018 · 13 min read

Thinking Critically About Social Justice

By identifying the distorting effects power had on society’s beliefs and values, they believed they could achieve a more accurate picture of the world.

Uri Harris

17 Feb 2018 · 12 min read

A Deep Dive into Jordan Peterson’s Channel 4 Interview

So what are Peterson’s views, and why did Newman consider them so controversial?

Uri Harris

2 Feb 2018 · 10 min read

Jordan B Peterson, Critical Theory, and the New Bourgeoisie

Where did the social justice advocates, and their associated attitude, come from?

Uri Harris

17 Jan 2018 · 10 min read

How Activists Took Control of a University: The Case Study of Evergreen State

Understanding these mechanisms can hopefully produce a broader sense of how ideologically motivated people are able to acquire and wield so much power.

Uri Harris

18 Dec 2017 · 8 min read

On the IDW: A Response to Eric Weinstein

Caricaturing the Left Doesn’t Benefit the Intellectual Dark Web

Is the 'Intellectual Dark Web' Politically Diverse?

The Sudden Unpopularity of Neoliberal Centrists

Patreon Games

The Institutionalization of Social Justice

Do Advocacy Groups Belong in Academia?

A Closer Look at Anti-White Rhetoric

The War on Normal People—A Review

The Munk Debate and the Perils of Tribalism

Can Liberalism Survive?

Thinking Critically About Social Justice

A Deep Dive into Jordan Peterson’s Channel 4 Interview

Jordan B Peterson, Critical Theory, and the New Bourgeoisie

How Activists Took Control of a University: The Case Study of Evergreen State