Michael Toscano on Neil Postman
by R. R. RenoMichael Toscano joins the podcast to talk about the work of cultural critic Neil Postman. Continue Reading »
The Internet Is Watching You
by Mark BauerleinThe latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Justin E. H. Smith joins the podcast to discuss his book, The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning. Continue Reading »
How Digital Youth Became Unhappy—and Dangerous—Adults
by Mark BauerleinWhile insisting that digital learning was essential for the rest of us, Silicon Valley elites made sure to vigilantly keep their own children away from the addictive products they peddled. Continue Reading »
Elite Grifters
by Julius KreinFew of the 9.9 percent would sacrifice anything for an ideology—but a great many hope to raise money on one. Continue Reading »
Our Neo-Feudal Future
by Joel KotkinAmerica has only a limited feudal past, the plantation aristocracy of the antebellum South and the enormous class chasms of the Gilded Age being pretty much our only examples. Yet today—after decades of social mobility, a digital revolution that was supposed to empower individuals everywhere, . . . . Continue Reading »
Tech Pluralism
by Nathan S. ChapmanSocial media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are virtual public squares, allowing individuals to communicate their views to wide audiences. At first, these platforms avoided regulating user-created content. But pressure from politicians, activist corporations, and users . . . . Continue Reading »
Deleuze on Desire
by Angela FranksAndrea Long Chu, a biological male, explained in a 2018 op-ed for the New York Times why he desired radical surgery that would equip him with ersatz female genitalia. Chu was on estrogen and had already been castrated. He wrote: Next Thursday, I will get a vagina. The procedure will last . . . . Continue Reading »
The Most Important Thinker We Don’t Know
by Francis X. MaierItalian intellectual Augusto Del Noce wrote some of the best analysis anywhere of technology’s impact on Western politics, economics, and culture. Continue Reading »
Your “Wellness” or Your Freedom
by Wesley J. SmithWhen does a laudable desire to reduce healthcare costs become an obsession with controlling how we live our lives? Continue Reading »
Rogue One and the Return of Reverence
by Marc BarnesThe Star Wars prequels irreverently secularized the Force, making it a controllable entity, measurable and understandable, infinitely use-able. In Rogue One, the Force becomes spiritual once again. Continue Reading »
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