Category Archives: News and Views

Worth reading: Smash the Technopoly!

Posted on December 19, 2024 by smellincoffee

From “After Babel”, a substack written in part by Jonathan Haidt. This is a guest post from Professor Nicholas Smyth, who teaches a course called “Ethnics and the Internet”. “One thing I’ve been learning is that opposition to smartphones and … Continue reading →

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News and views: the tyranny of comfort

Posted on March 13, 2021 by smellincoffee

From “COVID and the Tyranny of Comfort“, Matt Purple. I had a retrospective post planned for today, the observation of the one-year mark of the coronamania episode in Alabama, but this piece from TAC fits the bill.========== But it’s still … Continue reading →

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News and views: The New Theocrats

Posted on March 4, 2021 by smellincoffee

“When I was a boy in school, we were often encouraged to read banned books. Back then, to censor anyone was about the least hip thing you could do, the province of the glowering churchman and the cordless phone-wielding parent, … Continue reading →

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