Childhood Vaccines: A Case Study in Epistemological Dissolution
This is part of a series of essays that examine the current epistemological crisis. PART I: The Fauci Affair and Our Epistemological CrisisPART II: A
Category: Culture
The Long Dissolution
A few did not put it aside, and from 1962 forward there existed in America a small population of people who had understood something the majority had declined to understand — and who would be proved right again, and again, and again, for sixty years, all the while being called cranks the entire time.
A Theory of Epistemological Stasis and Crisis
A culture that has lost its courts is easy to name and hard to picture, so before going further it is worth slowing down and laying out the machinery — what the courts actually are, what they sit on top of, and what exactly gives way when they fall.
The Fauci Affair and Our Epistemological Crisis
Even when the underlying facts are public, undisputed in their particulars, available to anyone who wants them, the country divides cleanly in two the moment anyone asks what they show. We have grown so used to this that we have stopped finding it strange.
It is very strange.
The Reign of the Masses: Ortega y Gasset a Hundred Years On
Those attuned to the socio-political currents of our time will find themselves haunted by a perplexing question: Why, in an age of unprecedented material comfort,
Charlie Kirk and the Catastrophic Fallacy at the Crux of Our Political Divide
While the assassination of Charlie Kirk was devastatingly horrific, it is possible that the response from regular people on the left has been even more
Post-Human Human Interest
Google Gemini is running an ad during the Olympics that is utterly heartbreaking, and not in a good way. In it, parents want to help
The ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech that Almost Never Happened
Midway through his speech at the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr. changed his mind. The Baptist minister had intended to use his
How Bob Geldorf’s Christmas Miracle Changed Pop Music Forever
On a chilly October 23rd, 1984, Bob Geldorf turned on the BBC to watch a tragedy unfolding in Ethiopia. The country was experiencing one of
In Praise of Overthinking
There are not many things that people agree on these days, but one of them might be overthinking. Everywhere you look, people are sharing how
Sal Khan and the Power of the Flipped Classroom
Sal Khan was tutoring his niece Nadia when he began to see a pattern. Nadia and other students were smart, but they weren’t performing in
Ray Kroc and the Magic of Franchising
When Ray Kroc was opening his first McDonald’s franchise, the first thing he tested was the fries. Of all the great things that the McDonald
The Origins of Ritz-Carlton’s Famous $2,000 Rule
In the early 1980s, renowned hotelier Horst Schulze was brought on to revive the legendary Ritz-Carlton chain. One of the first things he did was
The Creativity of Constraints
In 1985, after a string of critical and commercial flops, Disney Animation Studios was all but done for. New CEO Michael Eisner and head of
The Case for Being Human
With the rise of AI and the imminent Singularity, it’s a good time to ask whether human beings matter anymore.
How to ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ with Meaningful Action
No matter what you have to say, it is always more evocative and interesting if you show it instead of telling it.
The Absolute Best Albums for Each Week of the Year According to Science
Music fans know that songs have a season. This is obviously true for Christmas music, Halloween music, and even Fourth of July music, but also for songs and albums that don’t have such clear seasonal affiliation.
How to Rate a Book
Any writer knows the story: You pour your life into what you hope ends up a good piece, you publish it, and then you hold
Special 10th Anniversary Hardcover Edition Juggernaut
The 10th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking theory of political economy-updated, expanded, and revised. By historical accounts, there has never been a better time to
Tearing at the Seams: Tribalism in Postmodern America
If you ask average Americans what they most like about their country, they might well tell you ‘Diversity’. If you ask them what they find