Critical thinking

You Cannot Create an "Unbiased" Wikipedia

Bias is inherent to humanity and to language--and AI can't solve that.

Oct 24 •

January 6 Was a Success. Here's How It's Coming to Britain

Tommy Robinson wants a revolution, but he's using an old playbook.

Aug 29 •

We Are Exploiting Epstein's Victims For Our Own Politics

The Epstein List doesn't exist. Our relentless search for it says more about ourselves.

Jul 11 •

Nobody Cares About Truth, Only the Better Story

We are all unreliable narrators

Jun 27 •

Conspiracy Culture Catches the Car

What happens now that the conspiracy theorists have raided the safe but found it empty?

May 23 •

Is It Ever OK to Mock People's Appearance? (Even If They're Bad?)

Navigating the balance between comedy and bullying

May 16 •

No, You Can't Run a Government Like a Company

Running the Twitter playbook on the American government isn't just a disaster because Musk is bad at it. It would still be a disaster if he wasn't.

Mar 7 •

We Need to Talk About Christopher Rufo

Why does the media continue to indulge a proud and admitted professional liar?

Feb 28 •

I Am Once Again Begging the Left Not to Get Baited Into Conspiracy Thinking

It's all deliberate and we need to keep a cooler head

Jan 10 •

Civil War MAGA: Why They're Fighting

Dumber than you know, as racist as you'd expect

Jan 3 •

Real Time True Crime: The Unsatisfying and Often Damaging Outcomes of Internet Sleuthing

We do this every single time and it's never what we expect

Dec 20, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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