Effective vs. Pathological Altruism
What if feeding the hungry creates more hungry people to feed?
Jonathan Anomaly
· 5 min read
Activism
A collection of 240 posts
My Unpopular Opinion: There Are Too Many Mediocre Artists
There are too many artists, too many people who want to be artists, most of them aren’t very good, and schools should focus on inculcating self-discipline rather than dopey ‘all must have prizes’ creativity.
Helen Dale
· 5 min read
The Forgotten Story of How "Punching Up" Harmed the Science-Fiction/Fantasy World
Drama in the sci-fi/fantasy fandom may not be of great consequence for larger society (though the politicization of culture is a real and spreading problem).
Cathy Young
· 11 min read
The Rise and Decline of Black Lives Matter: A Toronto Case Study
BLM-Toronto arguably was not equipped to handle its own success, as the group had no established source of funding or institutional infrastructure.
James Di Fiore
· 12 min read
Journalism Is Not Activism
The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Robert Showah
· 8 min read
Jordan Peterson Rallies Portlandia’s Dissidents
Inside, Mr. Peterson caught glimpses of the protest on a mobile phone while waiting backstage. “These are the brave masked people?
Andy Ngo
· 6 min read
The Folly of a Racialized Criminal Justice Reform Debate
America has the highest rate of incarceration in the world and—in state prisons—blacks are incarcerated at five times the rate of whites."
Joshua Hunter
· 7 min read
Against the Politicisation of Museums
Activists wanted museums to pivot away from historic collections and towards their audiences, focusing more on excluded groups.
Michael Savage
· 6 min read
Escaping Conformity
Conformity, broadly defined, is a tendency to act or think like members of a group. In psychology.
Jacob Little
· 14 min read
When Two Tribes Go To War
That fee was temporarily suspended by a federal judge on first amendment grounds, although the final decision is still pending.
Stuart Reges
· 7 min read
High Times in Southern California
Dry herbs, pre-rolls, oils, vaporisers, drinks, balms, and a host of different kinds of edibles were all available to the seasoned and the curious.
Jin An Hirst
· 6 min read
Stigmatizing Legitimate Dissent: A Response to J. Oliver Conroy
Threatening speech when it actually did not do so delegitimizes speech that epitomizes exactly the type of speech that is supposed to be protected.
Lee Jussim and Akeela Careem
· 15 min read
No More Than A Quarter Pound of Beef Per Week: A Target to Improve Health and the Environment
Recommendations to drink eight glasses of water each day and eat no more than 2,000 calories daily are pretty much common knowledge.
Matthew Lichtash
· 5 min read
An Open Letter to the WHO—Industrial Animal Farming Must End
Infection is constant problem and most farms use large quantities of antibiotics to control it.
Francis Vergunst and Patrick Birkl
· 4 min read
Traitors to the Human Mind
As an aggressive activist strategy, the “pinkwashing” charge is shameless and shrewd. As moral reasoning, it is inane.
Jamie Palmer
· 10 min read