Nov 30, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/07/25/how-the-west-was-won/
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Someone recently linked me to Bryan Caplan’s post A Hardy Weed: How Traditionalists Underestimate Western Civ. He argues that “western civilization”‘s supposed defenders don’t give it enough credit. They’re always worrying about it being...
Nov 23, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/
[Content note: this is pretty much a rehash of things I’ve said before, and that other people have addressed much more eloquently. My only excuse for wasting your time with it again is that SOMEHOW THE MESSAGE STILL HASN’T SUNK IN....
Nov 16, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/27/a-modern-myth/
1. Eris
A middle-aged man, James, had come on stage believing it was an audition for American Idol. It wasn’t. Out ran his ex-lover, Terri. “You said you loved me!” she said. “And then when I got pregnant, you disappeared! Twenty years, and you never...
Nov 9, 2020
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/04/08/a-theory-of-religion/
Related to Monday’s post but spun off for length reasons: my crazy theory about where religion comes from.
The near-universal existence of religion across cultures is surprising. Many people have speculated on what makes tribes around the world so fixated...
Nov 4, 2020
You are Joseph R. Biden Jr. You sit in a convention center in Delaware, surrounded by advisors and confidantes. You are acutely aware that the hopes of a hundred million people are with you. You feel like...