Oxford Unions Debate about No Platforming 2019-07-14 | Reading time: 2 minutes Oxford Union recently had a debate about no platforming. Given many students and universities like the idea (hey, it's not censorship, just ... you know ... something different), it might be worth a watch.[show the article]
Gab.ai releases Dissenter — A tool to free comments on the Internet 2019-02-28 | Reading time: 2 minutes Gab.ai introduced Dissenter, a tool (website/browser plugin) to comment on websites (incl. tweets, news stories, etc.). Practically anything with an URL. So, all that closed comments on news sites ... they're open again.[show the article]
A Warning of Patreon 2018-12-20 | Reading time: 1 minute It's sad when a service made to service creatives is used to enforce homogeneous ideology.[show the article]
Incredible Poem (Text and Video): «The Hangman» by Maurice Ogden 2018-08-10 | Reading time: 1 minute A timely poem about not speaking up.[show the article]
Recommendation: Political correctness: A force for good? A Munk Debate 2018-05-22 | Reading time: 1 minute A short shout-out to a brilliant debate on political correctness.[show the article]
Jonathan Haidt on Institutionalized Disconfirmation in Universities 2018-03-24 | Reading time: Less than a minute A short 10 minute clip of Jonathan Haidt regarding our confirmation biases and that we need others to cancel those out.[show the article]
A (down-voted) comment on dealing with troublesome social situations 2018-02-15 | Reading time: 6 minutes If others are in bad situations, people are quick in wanting to help directly. But there's something to be said for encouraging people to develop the competency to deal with current and future situations on their own.Image: academia.stackexchange.com[show the article]
Dystopian Story and Movie Recommendation: “Harrison Bergeron” and “2081” 2018-02-04 | Reading time: 1 minute A while ago I stumbled upon a story by Kurt Vonnegut titled: "Harrison Bergeron". There is also a movie titled "2081" that really nails the story. Both are highly recommended in a world that confused equality of opportunity with equality of outcome.[show the article]
Getting interviewed by a hostile news person as an Academic: A best practice example 2018-01-18 | Reading time: 2 minutes A great example of a calm academic holding his own against a hostile interviewer with very strong preconceptions.[show the article]
Google, Diversity and Free Speech 2017-08-07 | Reading time: 5 minutes A short comment on a current outrage, although the topic will be with us for a while.[show the article]
