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Dec 19, 2022

Thoughts on the Munk Media Debate

The recent Munk debate on whether the mainstream media can be trusted was, in my view, a missed opportunity. Despite the participation of four seasoned journalists from across the political spectrum, all of whom have reflected on and written about the media, what ought to have been an insightful discussion…

Munk Debate

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Thoughts on the Munk Media Debate
Thoughts on the Munk Media Debate
Munk Debate

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Sep 11, 2022

Why did the Intellectual Dark Web Fail?

When I first came across the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) in a New York Times article in 2018, I dismissed it as nothing more than a clever marketing exercise. I didn’t give much thought about what exactly was being sold. I now think this is worth reflecting on, thanks largely…

Intellectual Dark Web

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Why did the Intellectual Dark Web Fail?
Why did the Intellectual Dark Web Fail?
Intellectual Dark Web

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Jun 26, 2022

How to do things with words (and gender identity)

Nathan Robinson of Current Affairs recently wrote a scathing review of the satirical documentary “What is a Woman?” by right-wing provocateur Matt Walsh. I haven’t seen the film, but from what I gather it consists of Walsh interviewing academics and activists working on transgender issues, and asking them to define…

Nathan Robinson

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How to do things with words (and gender identity)
How to do things with words (and gender identity)
Nathan Robinson

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Mar 12, 2022

The Mutual Paranoia of the Culture Wars

Psychophobia “Mass formation psychosis” is a term coined by vaccine sceptic Dr. Robert Malone. Sounding for all the world like a recognised psychological disorder, it was apparently made up by Malone in an effort to discredit public health messaging around the pandemic as something akin to mass hypnosis. First employed…

Culture War

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The Mutual Paranoia of the Culture Wars
The Mutual Paranoia of the Culture Wars
Culture War

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May 9, 2021

How not to read Marcuse’s “Repressive Tolerance”

There are many on the right who view Herbert Marcuse’s essay “Repressive Tolerance” as something of a Rosetta Stone for understanding the left. It promises to decode everything from the radicalism of the late sixties, during which Marcuse was celebrated as a minor celebrity, to the “cultural Marxism” of academia…

Matt Taibbi

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How not to read Marcuse’s “Repressive Tolerance”
How not to read Marcuse’s “Repressive Tolerance”
Matt Taibbi

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Jan 3, 2020

The False Consolation of Pinker’s Enlightenment Now

Nathan J. Robinson’s essay “The World’s Most Annoying Man” ought to be the last word on Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now. It comes after many other articles have thoroughly discredited key aspects of Pinker’s book, on topics such as poverty, neoliberalism, environmental issues, war and existential threats. What Robinson does is…

Politics

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The False Consolation of Pinker’s Enlightenment Now
The False Consolation of Pinker’s Enlightenment Now
Politics

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Nov 19, 2018

Mimetic Desire and Sacrifice in The Matrix

I recently rewatched The Matrix (1999), and since I also happened to be reading through the work of René Girard, I couldn’t help but notice a number of Girardian themes running throughout the film. The more I thought about it, the more I became convinced that what in the film…

The Matrix

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Mimetic Desire and Sacrifice in The Matrix
Mimetic Desire and Sacrifice in The Matrix
The Matrix

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Jun 7, 2018

A note on UBI

Why is the idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) embraced by elements of both the right and the left? I think the answer lies in the predominant conception of individual freedom in modern liberal societies: i.e. the freedom to choose how one wants to live, without having to justify…

Economics

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A note on UBI
A note on UBI
Economics

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Apr 22, 2018

Peterson and Brandom on Pragmatism

After listening to a hilarious send up of conservative contrarian Jordan Peterson and his book Twelve Rules for Life by the Chapo Trap House team, I thought I would check out a debate they reference between Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson on the topic of truth. It’s something of a…

Philosophy

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Peterson and Brandom on Pragmatism
Peterson and Brandom on Pragmatism
Philosophy

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Feb 11, 2018

Hayek, Joas and the Ends of Value — Part Five

At the beginning of this series, I referred to Corey Robin’s discussion of Hayek in “Nietzsche’s Marginal Children”. There Robin argues that Hayek’s account of value bears an elective affinity with Nietzsche’s promotion of an aristocratic “will to power” over democratic ideals as the basis for social values. (I think…

Hayek

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Hayek, Joas and the Ends of Value — Part Five
Hayek, Joas and the Ends of Value — Part Five
Hayek

7 min read

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