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Will the ‘Effective Altruism’ Movement Go Up in Smoke Along With FTX?5
- Politics, Culture
- November 18, 2022
On November 1, 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was considered one of the world’s sharpest businessmen. SBF’s company was worth a cool US$32 billion; he was a major benefactor for a range of philanthropic causes; he was a major donor to the Democrats in the midterm elections; he was an icon
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Not Your School’s Reading List: 10 Books to Understand Our World 7
- From the Editorial Board
- November 17, 2022
At Intellectual Takeout, we strive to offer not only commentary on current events but also tangible advice for engaging with our increasingly chaotic world. That’s why we’re proud to present this new, biweekly series of literature recommendations. These works have helped us and many others deepen their understanding of both the state of the world
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What I Learned From My Grandfather About Money 4
- Politics, Economics
- November 17, 2022
When I was a child, my mother and I would take the Long Island Railroad to Brooklyn to see relatives a few times a year. My grandfather was always outside in front of the apartment house in Park Slope, where he and my aunts and uncles lived. Upon seeing him, I would run down the
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We Live in a Culture of Pornography 7
- Culture
- November 16, 2022
Pornography websites get more traffic in the U.S. than the sum total traffic of Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Pinterest, Zoom, and Netflix. And these days, most people are exposed to porn by the time they’re 13. More than ever, pornography today pushes the boundary of what’s acceptable, normalizing behaviors once seen as reprehensible. Playboy is not
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Why “Greedflation” Isn’t Real 3
- Politics, Economics
- November 16, 2022
Even as price inflation slows and we move past June’s peak, progressives continue to push the concept of “greedflation”—that this year’s price inflation is caused by corporate greed and price gouging. This is inaccurate, based on bad economics, and it blames a consequence of the problem rather than the problem itself. If we want to address the real issues
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A Rare Exception to the 24/7 Woke Rule at NPR 13
- Culture
- November 15, 2022
There are probably more than a few Americans who can remember when NPR endeavored to speak to and for a much larger piece of the public than it does now. I was once a regular listener. This was way back in the days of Garrison Keillor, who was unpersoned by #MeToo a few years back, and
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