The Case for Contrarianism
Without such a process occurring, outsiders will be unable to look at the market and garner any reliable knowledge about the state of the world.
Oliver Traldi
· 8 min read
Philosophy
A collection of 109 posts
Read Houellebecq for a Free Mind
Houellebecq has grave doubts about the net effect of the sexual revolution on human well-being.
Matthew Stahlman
· 15 min read
Universalism Is Not Centrism
Ideologies are like organisms, and tracing their origins back to common ancestors starts with a system of classification based on careful observation and comparison.
Rick Sint
· 11 min read
Jung and the Trumpian Shadow
We do not live in the best of all possible worlds. There are monsters inside each of us. Those monsters must be made coherent, and given their place, or they will consume us.
Alexander Blum
· 9 min read
A Pragmatic Case for Understanding Neurodiversity
If you’re easily offended, it’s hard to understand the world.
Shanu Athiparambath
· 8 min read
Rage, Selective Outrage
Sometimes people use it to mean pretend outrage, in which people cry “crocodile tears” over things that don’t really upset them.
Spencer Case
· 7 min read
Is Sex a Dirty Word?
Within the lens of Western culture, it is sex and not money that is the primary root of all evil.
Craig Bielert and David C Geary
· 21 min read
The Brain's Trust — Intersectionality, Nadia Chan, and Munroe Bergdorf
These might be two separate and superficially different incidents, but they are qualitatively very similar and underline the same cultural tensions that lead to these scenarios.
Sumantra Maitra
· 5 min read
Postmodern Art Is Vacant
Yet, modern art is still portrayed as being avant-garde, defying trends, and sticking it to the establishment.
Jason Newman
· 10 min read
The Case for Psychedelics
Psychedelics are incredible tools whose significance lies in their ability to catalyze the power of the human mind for healing, creativity, and spiritual consciousness.
W. Keith Campbell and Brandon Weiss
· 14 min read
The Google Memo — The Economist on Nothing
This may come as a surprise to those who developed their opinion about it, not by reading the memo itself but by absorbing accounts of it in the popular press.
Patrick Lee Miller
· 27 min read
Centrism — A Moderate Manifesto
These common complaints might contain more than a kernel of truth, but centrism doesn’t need to be dull or incoherent.
Bo Winegard
· 11 min read
The Argument for Open Borders Is Liberal Hubris
Progressives should remember that civilisation is not a science laboratory.
Ben Sixsmith
· 7 min read
Science, Sin, and Paternalism
The message is loud and clear: sugar is bad, government regulation is good, and now we have the science to prove it.
Matthew Mott
· 5 min read
Stop Equating Science with Truth
The message that liberates women is not: men and women are the same, and anyone who tells you different is oppressing you.
Heather E. Heying
· 7 min read