What You Might Be Missing About "Weird"
That’s because first computer culture, then our broader culture, has been colonized by people for whom the only truth is the power of the computer. For them there is no mystery that can’t be solved with computers, eventually. There is nothing to say except that everything will someday be quantifiable and calculable, and that the best course of acti... See more
E.W. Niedermeyer • Why Is Writing Hard?
Today, there’s the exclusion of conservatives from academic life. Then there’s the exclusion of working-class voices from mainstream media. Our profession didn’t used to be all coastal yuppies, but now it mostly is. Then there’s the marginalization of those with radical critiques — from say, the Marxist left and the theological right.
David Brooks • Opinion | The Future of Nonconformity (Published 2020)
For people on the right, it’s sparked by horror at changing demographics and gender roles
Michelle Goldberg • The Darkness Where the Future Should Be
Living in the legacy of the countercultural strategy of youthfulness, MTD is a perfectly shaped religious construct to inhabit. As good bourgeois, we affirm the moral, wanting our kids to be good. As bohemians, these moral conceptions don’t need to be deep, for if they’re more substantive, or tied to the wisdom of the past, they may block our indiv
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