Happiness and Academic Malpractice
Dolan writes very clearly—an unusual attribute for an academic—and brings a fresh approach to the study of happiness.
Nicholas Wolfinger
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Graham Verdon
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Instagram's Diversity Wars Revisited
They threaten the businesses and livelihoods and professional reputations of good people struggling to navigate a dense web of ideological trip-wires.
Kathrine Jebsen Moore
· 9 min read
The Fallacy of Techno-Optimism
Instead of empty analogies, the only way to survive change is to have a vigorous debate about the merits of our new ideas—precisely the kind of debate that techno-optimists want to foreclose by appealing to history.
Nicholas Phillips
· 8 min read
Indonesia's Unlikely Democracy Remains Resilient
Despite the brief unrest that followed the announcement of Jokowi’s victory, the election of April 17 stands as a testament to the continuing resilience of Indonesia’s young democracy.
Imran Said
· 12 min read
François Furet: A Man For Our Season
Furet feared that there now appeared to be a simultaneous deadening of politics as the apparently unchallengeable hegemony of quasi-liberal democracy grew, and a dangerous backlash against the system.
Joshua David
· 10 min read
Watching My Own Excommunication—on a Facebook Video
The behavior on display in that video didn’t originate in a place of reason, but rather the realm of spiritual passions.
Sky Gilbert
· 11 min read
Why We Should Read Machiavelli
Machiavelli focused his analysis of power not on ideals, but on the feasible. In affairs of state, virtue was a matter of efficacy, not piety.
Jonathan Church
· 8 min read
The Bitter Debate over School Discipline
It may be neither politically correct nor pleasant to argue that aggregate group differences in behavior exist, but it’s essential for policymakers to have the proper diagnosis lest the prescribed cure do more harm than good.
Max Eden
· 6 min read
How ‘Limbic Capitalism’ Preys on Our Addicted Brains
The more rapid and intense the brain reward they imparted, the likelier they were to foster pathological learning and craving, particularly among socially and genetically vulnerable consumers.
David Courtwright
· 11 min read
Why Don't Women Vote For Feminist Parties?
It is naïve to imagine that female voters will necessarily support feminist goals, even when they would benefit from them. Feminists have known this for a long time.
Louise Perry
· 11 min read
Origins and Exploration—An Interview with Dr. Lewis Dartnell
One of the big questions in evolutionary biology is: what drove our evolution from tree-swinging apes to bipedal, highly intelligent homonins that went on to build civilization and inherit the world?
Logan Chipkin
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Progressivism at the University of Melbourne: No Cause for Alarm
The University of Melbourne is situated in the country’s most progressive major city, as evidenced by their unique propensity to elect the Greens to the lower house in federal politics.
Shaun Khoo
· 6 min read
When Protected Characteristics Collide
Local MPs have also become involved, some of whom have failed to appreciate the dynamics of the situation.
Tehmina Kazi
· 8 min read
Noah Carl: An Update on the Young Scholar Fired by a Cambridge College for Thoughtcrime
Unfortunately, St. Edmund’s College did the bidding of the protestors, launched two separate investigations and last month terminated Noah Carl’s employment.
Quillette
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