If I can attain sufficient financial support, I will start an organization that allows the desperately poor to sell their most valuable human assets.
How Political Parties are Ruining America
by Trever Bierschbach
We line up like cattle at the stockyard and pull the lever for our chosen party like it’s some sort of religion.
The Academic Stack: A New Proposal
by Marc Elliot
Remove our ability to do the wrong thing, to think bad thoughts, to feel bad emotions, and you strip us of our humanity.
Starting a Cult in 5 Easy Steps
by Rachel Haywire
It’s about time the traditional function of cult-starting became open-sourced for the mass population.
The Revolt Against Trigger Warnings
by Rachel Haywire
Through starting a revolt against trigger warnings, we have begun leading a political climate in which freedom of speech is no longer suppressed.
Hatred, Impermanence, and Disability
by Geoffrey Miller
Do we want to live in a society where nobody has to think of something offensive or upsetting again?
Why Have Opinions?
by Robin Hanson
I just surprised some people here at a conference by saying that I don’t have opinions on abortion or gun control.
The Necessity of Risk in a World of Loss
by Emilio Pacheco
We live in a risk-adverse society. Survival has now been replaced by comfort. We ignore the impact of risk and strive to play it safe.
Antifeminism is the New Feminism
by Elizabeth Hobson
The slur “misogynist” has become a compliment for genuinely free thinkers. It comes from these feminists who apparently don’t know what it means.
The False Dichotomy of the Sellout vs. Hipster
by Sara A. Rahman
You can either be a “hipster rebel against capitalism” or you’re a “soulless whore/slave of capitalism.”