Psychology in a Crisis (and check the sources) 2020-05-21 | Reading time: 3 minutes A comment on the value of psychology in a crisis like Corona and the importance of checking the sources.[show the article]
Consensus in Science 2019-12-03 | Reading time: 1 minute A great one-page editorial about the issue of consensus in science.[show the article]
What’s in a name? 2019-10-18 | Reading time: 2 minutes One of the easiest and ugliest tricks movements do is to give themselves positively sounding names, like …4future.[show the article]
Comic Recommendation: Hack/Slash 2019-07-28 | Reading time: 1 minute An interesting comic series that is more than skin deep.[show the article]
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]
Regulating citizens to the mean (with an SD of 0) 2019-06-05 | Reading time: 5 minutes There are currently a few ... interesting developments that cast a deep shadow on future creativity. At least, that how it appears to me. It’s not that the situation is a problem now, but there is a trend, and I don’t like where it leads.[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]
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]
