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Culture War Churn and the YouTube Rabbit-Hole

The YouTube-rabbit-hole phenomenon will undoubtedly continue to radicalize certain individuals. But give it time, let the churn machine keep churning.

Peter Clarke

17 Jul 2019 · 7 min read

Bad Data Analysis and Psychology's Replication Crisis

This isn’t the first time this has happened in video game research.

Christopher J. Ferguson

15 Jul 2019 · 7 min read

How Due Process Fell Victim to Good Intentions: A Veteran Court Reporter Looks Back

The Tarrant manifesto is banned in New Zealand. This is ridiculous, I think. How can you know a thing if you’re not allowed to name it?

Christie Blatchford

14 Jul 2019 · 15 min read

From Academia to Hollywood: An Interview with Tony Tost

Right now, I’m maybe most spooked by how a living, breathing cultural memory is seeming to evaporate.

Clay Routledge

13 Jul 2019 · 21 min read

Human Dignity and Human Rights

But it does mean that arbitrary factors, such as whether one is born into a wealthy family or happens to be part of some historically elevated demographic, should not determine where people end up

Matt McManus

13 Jul 2019 · 8 min read

Conservatives in Philosophy: A Brief Rejoinder to Tristan Rogers

If the whole academe is meant to pursue truth, then it can be fine for different traditions to develop that are not perfect ideological representatives of society at large.

Shelby T. Hanna

12 Jul 2019 · 5 min read

Canada's Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Was Cruel. But Calling It an Ongoing 'Genocide' Is Wrong

The crime of genocide is typically investigated and litigated with the goal of holding genocidaires accountable for their crimes.

David Mount

11 Jul 2019 · 19 min read

In Defense of Decency

Adopting common humanity politics is not just moral, it’s also effective.

Robert McLeod

10 Jul 2019 · 9 min read

Why China is Hiding the Horrors of Its Past

While the Chinese government continues to transform Xinjiang through its cultural genocide program aimed at eliminating the distinct identity of the Uyghur population, it is also putting a high priority on controlling the history of the region and its people.

Nick Taber

10 Jul 2019 · 8 min read

Fully Automated Luxury Communism—A Review

Like almost every other communist before him, Bastani wants to reach communism via socialism. Thus, the fact that socialism has already been tried more than two dozen times, and failed every time without exception, should be somewhat relevant to this book.

Kristian Niemietz

9 Jul 2019 · 11 min read

Democrats Control America’s Most Dangerous Cities. So Why Do They Keep Passing the Buck on Gun Crime?

Progressives, who have long branded themselves as forward-looking policy innovators challenging the hidebound dogmas of conservatism, would benefit from challenging their own fixation on history’s rearview mirror.

Jamil Jivani

9 Jul 2019 · 8 min read

So This Is the (Real) Tale of Our Castaways: Lessons from Shipwrecked Micro-Societies

Survivor communities manifested cooperation in diverse ways: sharing food equitably; taking care of injured or sick colleagues; working together to dig wells, bury the dead, co-ordinate a defense, or maintain signal fires; or jointly planning to build a boat or secure rescue.

Nicholas Christakis

9 Jul 2019 · 11 min read

How Prophetic Was Gattaca?

Gattaca was prophetic, but not quite in the way Niccol intended.

George Schifini

8 Jul 2019 · 5 min read

Deplatforming Won't Work

An even more fundamental reason why social media companies shouldn’t try to suppress controversial ideas is that they are very bad at determining who and what is wrong or dangerous.

Nathan Cofnas

8 Jul 2019 · 6 min read

The Hate-Crime Epidemic That Never Was: A Seattle Case Study

An examination of the Seattle data indicates that fewer than 40 actual criminal cases resulting from real, serious hate incidents were successfully prosecuted between 2012 and 2017.

Wilfred Reilly

7 Jul 2019 · 6 min read