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Opinion Absolutism and Impoverished Perspectives
The moral imperative of our culture is to incubate yourself within only the ideas you already believe.
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Asymmetry and the Dilemma of Self-Determination
Part 2 of attempting to make sense of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Tying the Gordian Knot: the Historical Entangling of Israel and Palestine
Part 1 of attempting to make sense of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Tying the Gordian Knot: the Historical Entangling of Israel and Palestine
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Meaning, Purpose, and Arriving at Your Own Door
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The Starbucks Effect
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A Vacuum of Thought
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Asymmetry and the Dilemma of Self-Determination
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The Left's "Diversity" Blindspot
True multiculturalism is about diversity and plurality of worldviews.
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The Problem of Morality-Justified Motivated Reasoning
We can't make an ought from an is.
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The Desert of the Real
Subsumed by a simulation of reality.
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The Intoxicating Allure of Nostalgia
Mobilising nostalgia as a political force.
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The Space In Between
The rare experience of the spacious present.
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A Vacuum of Thought
Have we run out of good ideas?
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Dead Ideas and Lifeless Old Beliefs
Britain and the Lies of Free Market Fundamentalism
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