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Open Letter to Professor C. Christine Fair, Georgetown University
Re: “Look at this chorus of entitled white men justifying a serial rapist’s arrogated entitlement. All of them deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? … Continue reading
The Fate of Civilizations
Should a philosopher be interested in the trajectory of civilizations, from their rise to dominance in a region, and then the reasons why a civilization seems to lose its collective capacity and go into decline? Most professional philosophers are not, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Media, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Age of Decadence, Anita Hill Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, cycles of civilizations, higher education, John Bagot Glubb, love of money, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, Supreme Court, The Fate of Empires, What Should Philosophy Do?
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Philosophers and Social Media: A Comment
Those who read last week’s note will probably say, “Wow, that was a short break!” This is a comment, though, not a stand-alone essay like many of its predecessors. This despite it’s getting longer than I intended. Should philosophers “do” social … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Media, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged academic politics, Brian Leiter, Facebook censorship, Facebook jail, keyboard commando, marginalized philosophers, online etiquette, philosophy and Facebook, philosophy and social media, philosophy blogs, Rebecca Kukla, Trump voters
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Truth Teller’s Dilemma, Part 1
[Author’s note: this was previously posted elsewhere, but it strikes me that all three parts of this extended essay should be available on the same site. This will render them out of order, but I think my readers are smart … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Media, Political Economy
Tagged Alex Jones, Alex Jones lawsuit, Brennan Gilmore, censorship of conservatives, censorship on social media, Charlottesville, Conspiracy Theories, culture wars, free market evangelism, free press myth, free speech on social media, inverted totalitarianism, James Damore, Jeff Bezos billionaire, PropOrNot, Sheldon Wolin, The Matrix, The Real Matrix, Washington Post, YouTube censorship
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Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 3
“Truth-Teller’s Dilemma” concluded: if you care about the truth or those trying to tell it, support them (us)! Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Libertarianism, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged absolute advantage, comparative advantage, Donald Trump, Donald Trump compromised, free trade, globalism, Identity Politics, inverted totalitarianism, kleptocrats, mainstream media, mass migrations, official narratives, Paul Craig Roberts, PropOrNot, Russian collusion hoax, Sheldon Wolin, Syria, Syria false flag attack, The Real Matrix, truthers, truthiness, Washington Post, world government
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