#Ideas

Yascha Mounk

Yascha_Mounk

I’ve been digging into some of the stories of people getting fired for supposed racism.What I found was companies cravenly sacrificing employees—some of them working-class people of color—who did nothing

Daniel Canosa

dcanosa

I hit 200 subs in YouTube this week. (226 by this time)@AliAbdaal PTYA course has been a great contributor to this growth indeed!The growth rate is picking up.These are 7

Elizabeth Spiers

espiers

First, I don't believe that "cancel culture" exists. There is no systemic problem of people being fired because their ideas are too radical. People generally get fired because they say

David M. Perry

Lollardfish

IQ is a racist and ableist idea. The concept of IQ is connected to a history of deprivation, sterilization, incarceration, and death. I see a lot of people linking mask-wearing

John Holbo

jholbo1

"The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away. We refuse any false choice between justice and freedom,

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vijisathy

You know why ppl show up at the very second a class/mtg starts? It can feel awkward to sit in a room quietly or walk in on a random convo.

Dr Joanna McKenzie

Jobob_80

I remember some years back watching reruns of Eric and Ernie. It was the height of what you might call "mature cynicism" - a very strong dominant idea that maturity

D. Sivakumar

dsivakumar

""23 things I didn't learn in college / grad school"#3: Be curious. The weak ties between ideas, topics and fields enable numerous breakthroughs, small and large; being curious is how

Joseph Trapanese

JoeComposer

Today marks 10 years since the “Tron: Legacy” soundtrack album release. I’ve always disliked referring to any particular project as a ‘breakthrough,’ but it’s hard to imagine the success I’ve

Gaurav Vats

gaurav_vats3

Ppl born in 80s &90s are the last generation in the history f Mankind,that hv seen d transition frm almost no technology in daily lives to technology taking taking over

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

If we're lucky, we'll start to hear a LOT more stories like this in the coming months. Every place I've heard of that's pushed Critical Theories out of the institution

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

Appreciate the sentiments calling for discourse here from the President of Wesleyan. But perhaps the most concrete signal that people in his position could take is to pledge not to

Drachma Queen

AHizanidis

I read the article and it basically amounts to "my politics, my ideas and my friends are the natural and rightful leaders of the country" wrapped up in a pseudo-intellectual

Caroline Nguyen

SpaceXponential

The Social Dilemma Mixtapetheme: community-curated knowledge networksfeat.@sariazout @tylersjournals_ @Jad_AE @nateliason@EricRWeinstein @RoamResearch@ChrisHarveyEsq@nbashaw@RoamBrain @kwharrison13@paulg#roamcult (looking at you!)hunka burn

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

This is an excellent article by @davidallengreen. Whatever the merits of a written constitution, it's not going to happen any time soon. So we need achievable changes that can be

Jamie

jamierusso

8 ideas about a better life and brighter future mini-thread 1/ Curious minds“It's not until you start teaching something to a curious mind that you realize you have a story

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