Critical thinking

No, They'll Never Believe in Climate Change: How Science Becomes Political

From climatology to vaccines, once science becomes Us Versus Them it's impossible to treat it objectively.

Oct 11 •

The Censorship Grievance Industrial Complex: Part 2 - The War on Truth

Free speech is important. The right wants you to believe education is its enemy. Don't believe their lies.

Oct 4 •

How to Engineer a Moral Panic For Fun and Profit

The Republicans' insane anti-Haitian terror campaign is a dangerous new low that brings to question their deeper motives

Sep 20 •

Context Matters: How the Far Right Weaponizes Poor Media Literacy

Propagandists rely on people missing the bigger picture to smuggle insidious ideas into the mainstream

Sep 13 •

The Ailing Health of the Substack Health Community

Why is it so hard to create a popular health newsletter that doesn't reject health science?

Jun 28 •

The Liberty to Lie: Descending Into a Post-Truth World

We don't value truth as we once did, and the implications for society are frightening.

Jun 14 •

Agnostic Extremism: How Neutral Questions Become Political

Even incontestable facts become controversial in the noise of the crowd

Apr 5 •

Skull-Measurers and Sock Puppets: The Creepy Eugenics Obsession of Elon Musk

When it comes to racism, he's bringing it back oldschool

Jan 12 •

The Myth of Debating Hate

Oppose censorship if you want, but don't pretend "debating Nazis" works

Jan 5 •

We Weren't Built to Absorb This Much Propaganda

We are besieged by information warfare. Is it any wonder why we feel like we're drowning?

Nov 24, 2023 •

What Does it Mean to be Altruistic?

We think being good means being selfless--but it's more complicated

Nov 10, 2023 •

How Social Media Platforms Become Disinformation Factories

Now it's even worse--they're being paid to spread it

Aug 18, 2023 •

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