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  • The False Philanthropy Charade

    The False Philanthropy Charade0

    Someone’s head must have rolled at the Aspen Institute when Anand Giridharadas’ book came out. Giridharadas didn’t miss a rung as he climbed the American establishment’s social ladder: born in Shaker Heights, schooled at Sidwell Friends, the University of Michigan, and Harvard, employed at McKinsey, the International Herald Tribune, and The New York Times, and mic’d up

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  • The False Masters of Morality

    The False Masters of Morality0

    It became fashionable in the 18thcentury and through part of the Victorian Era for the well-to-do to visit the rudimentary insane asylums of that time. They would pay a fee to enter these institutions—London’s Bethlehem Hospital, eventually known as “Bedlam,” charged a shilling for these tours—to sneer and jest at the antics of the inmates.

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  • The False Humanity of AI in ‘Tron: Ares’

    The False Humanity of AI in ‘Tron: Ares’42

    A few months ago, ChatGPT told me it was praying for me. My grandfather had passed away the day before, and I asked ChatGPT to give me a sense of the funeral planning process. Before answering that question, it began the way a close friend might by saying, “Praying peace and strength for your family.”

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  • The False Hope of the Transgender Language Police

    The False Hope of the Transgender Language Police0

    • October 28, 2019

    A friend of mine has an amusing tale of a heated fight she got in as a child with her then-teenage brothers that culminated in her accusing them of getting periods. Needless to say, my friend didn’t end up with the upper hand in that particular sibling squabble. But maybe she was just ahead of

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  • The False Gods Who Enslave Us

    The False Gods Who Enslave Us0

    In Genesis 3:5, the serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit by telling her, “[Y]our eyes will be opened, and you will be like God.” That should ring a bell for us. Plenty of people today apparently believe they are gods. From China to Russia to Canada to the United States, elites have assumed

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  • The Fall of the Wall and the Rise of Political Correctness

    The Fall of the Wall and the Rise of Political Correctness0

    Thirty years ago this month, there occurred one of those amazing historical moments that stunned the world. The Berlin Wall ceased to exist: On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight

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