The Shallowness of What Tech Calls Thinking
The smartest people on Earth have a surprising lack of curiosity.
Articles in Culture & Politics (153)
Being on the Left Involves Losing a Lot
It sucks. But the fight must go on.
We Need a New Kind of Socialist Organization
The “hierarchical vs. horizontal” debate is old, tired, and getting us nowhere.
A Better Son Or Daughter
Donald Trump, amnesia, and a capitalist fable.
Surely We Can Do Better Than Elon Musk
Getting past the cult of Genius and the bleakness of capitalist futurism.
How the Animal Rights Movement Hurts Its Own Cause
If we ever want to win, we need to stop turning workers into enemies.
The Subminimum Wage Has Got to Go
Paying workers $7.25 an hour is cruel. Paying them even less is inhumane.
The End of TV’s Lumpenproletariat
For a decade, ‘Shameless’ has painted a picture of American life rarely seen on screen. That’s about to end.