platforms and institutions
In the new edition of his book on the modern Left, which I review here, Roger Scruton writes, Occasional lip service is...
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the fool on the hill
Is this a stunt? Of course it’s a stunt, as it was when James Sturm did it a few years ago, though that was less...
open letter to Adam Roberts on the Protocols of the Elders of the Internet
This started as a reply to a comment Adam made on my previous post. But then it underwent gigantism. Adam, I see these...
traffic patterns
Metafilter is in financial trouble, largely because it can’t stay in good favor with Google. Here’s more on the...
wait
A few days ago I read an interesting article in the New Republic on “trigger warnings” in college syllabi....
TV, still
George W. S. Trow’s “Within the Context of No Context” was a really famous essay at one time, and...
“internet addiction” and other fictions
Imagine a child who’s on her computer all day long because she’s playing World of Warcraft. Imagine another...
what and who
Returning to an earlier theme, and having read the comments on this follow-up post by Joe Carter, I’d like to note a...
anonymity revisited
One of the most common defenses of anonymity on the internet is the one offered by Daniel Solove here: For all its...
more on curation
I’m not the only one who thinks it’s not all curation. And don’t neglect this post.