A Single Global Standard for Internet Content Regulation Is a Recipe for Censorship If we are to realize Zuckerberg´s idea of an internet that is “safe” from “harmful” content, we will have to choose which groups get to enjoy a digital safe space. Jacob Mchangama 6 May 2019 · 13 min read
The Case for Nabokov An even moderately careful reading of Lolita should make it quite clear that it’s anything but a “celebration” of child rape. Cathy Young 6 May 2019 · 13 min read
Policing the Creative Imagination If sensitivity readers become a publishing institution, they will only incentivize more cautious, conservative, and ideologically homogenous books. Craig DeLancey 5 May 2019 · 9 min read
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
Why We Should Read Heidegger The ascendancy of technical reason and instrumentalization, Heidegger thought, generated highly inauthentic individuals who were unable to live meaningful lives. Matt McManus 4 May 2019 · 11 min read
Selective Blank Slatism and Ideologically Motivated Misunderstandings Progressives do accept a genetically caused human nature; but, consistent with the claims of their critics, they accept this much less when it is ideologically inconvenient. Bo Winegard / Cory Clark 3 May 2019 · 8 min read
Sex, Love, and Knowing the Difference There are biological reasons that explain why the experience of being in love feels so overwhelming. Debra Soh 3 May 2019 · 6 min read
Cambridge Capitulates to the Mob and Fires a Young Scholar The administrators at St Edmund’s College who determined that Dr Noah Carl should be fired did not have qualifications in these areas, either. Claire Lehmann 2 May 2019 · 25 min read
Imperfect Comedy in an Age of Perfection Comedy, on the other hand, reminds us that we all have a dark side and that we might want to reconsider before casting stones. Tanael Joachim 2 May 2019 · 4 min read
How Anti-Humanism Conquered the Left There are some notable environmentalists who recognize the fact that humans are capable of creating abundance instead of scarcity. Chelsea Follett 1 May 2019 · 7 min read
Our Suicidal Elites The mixing of environmentalism and socialism may yet become a mortal threat to the current oligarchy. In the American plutocrat-funded Democratic Party, there is more support for socialism than for capitalism. Joel Kotkin 30 Apr 2019 · 9 min read
The Moral Panic Behind Internet Regulation This will make the internet a much less free place to speak compared to Speakers’ Corner at Hyde Park—the place which is supposed to represent Britain’s commitment to free speech. Matthew Lesh 30 Apr 2019 · 14 min read
Bret Easton Ellis Nails Contemporary America The Gen Xer whose satirical works include “American Psycho” and “Less Than Zero” also grasps the true essence of Donald Trump and our times in a way that eludes commentators on the Left and Right. Christian Whiton 30 Apr 2019 · 4 min read
Lessons in Forgiveness, from a Bicycle Thief Nothing is again simple, but everything is clear. This is the great lesson of empathy. We are all the bicycle thief. Brad Cran 29 Apr 2019 · 24 min read
Values, Even Secular Ones, Depend on Faith: A Reply to Jerry Coyne I wasn’t saying that secular humanism is a religion. I was saying that in those aspects of religion which actually affect and seek to guide human behavior, secular humanism does not differ from religion. John Staddon 28 Apr 2019 · 3 min read
