The Atlantic
Pluralism Has Life Left in It Yet
5 min read · · The Respect for Marriage Act, and the harmony between religious liberty and LGBTQ rights. · Shared by 17, including Ziad Shihab, David Boaz
hilobrow.com
HYPOCRITE IDLER 3Q2022
~13 min read · · By: Joshua Glenn September 25, 2022 To idle is to work on meaningful and varied projects — and to take it easy. The title of the series refers to this self-proclaimed idler’s inability to take it… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
LessWrong
A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein
~16 min read · · On some level, in order to understand the society they live in, most people have to be conspiracy theorists. Forming correct conspiracy theories is a critical and essential part of understanding poli… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
pasadenastarnews.com
Pasadena man Dorje Chang, known to followers as Buddha, is gaining followers in art world
5 min read · · A prosperous Pasadena artist wanted for allegedly stealing nearly $8 million in China has built an empire of devoted disciples in California based on the claim that he is the reincarnation of Buddh… · Shared by 5, including Ziad Shihab
honisoit.com
A Flag Flies at McDonald’s
4 min read · · The clangour of metal on metal, a blur of shirts — red, the prism of voices in pursuit of each other. An order falls on someone no older than sixteen, too young for this; the clangour of metal on… · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
sah-archipedia.org
Building a National Network: Telephone Buildings in the United States
~15 min read · · In many American cities, the most hated structure is the central, downtown telephone building. Public surveys and opinion pieces in New York, Philadelphia, and Houston have all identified the… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
macademia.weebly.com
Breadcrumbs to transcendence
20+ min read · · Welcome Alice. Shall we play a game? -Aesop Priori, Remixer · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
Our World in Data
Books
6 min read · · Books have been at the center of science and the arts for centuries. Their history and relevance is the focus of this entry. · Shared by 13, including Ziad Shihab
Our World in Data
The Future is Vast: Longtermism’s perspective on humanity’s past, present, and future
~20 min read · · If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history · Shared by 149, including Maarten Lambrechts @maarten@vis.social, Ross Dawson, William MacAskill, Max Roser, luis antónio santos, Ser Jeff Garzik, Xavier Trabado Farré, David Wallace-Wells, Morgan Housel, Vala Afshar, Randy Olson, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Moritz Stefaner, Ziad Shihab, Chris Hadfield
Daily Nous / Justin Weinberg
The Philosophy Guild (guest post)
6 min read · · “Most contemporary philosophy writing is just bad writing… How did things go so wrong? It’s tempting to declare that philosophers are simply terrible writers, but I think that’s a mistake…” The… · Shared by 48, including Regina Rini, Anita Leirfall, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Emily Thomas, justin caouette, Ziad Shihab, Robin James
thethinkingshop.org
The Thinking Shop
1 min read · · Printed and downloadable creative and critical thinking resources. Provided under Creative Commons license by School of Thought, a 501c3 non profit organization. · Shared by 18, including Vikram Dutt, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Ziad Shihab
en.kremlin.ru
Article by Vladimir Putin ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“
20+ min read · · During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people – a single whole. These words were not driven by some short-term… · Shared by 25, including Anne Applebaum, Ziad Shihab
elephant.art
The Mona Lisa Cake Thrower Was 100% in the Right
5 min read · · Was hurling confectionary at da Vinci’s masterpiece the ethical thing to do? Yes, argues journalist Diyora Shadijanova. And here’s why… · Shared by 11, including Ziad Shihab, Elephant Magazine
cptsdawayout.com
Part two: Low Cortisol levels linked to PTSD
2 min read · · ttsz / Getty Images . This is groundbreaking. Low cortisol levels have never been linked to PTSD before. This explains why we behave as we do. . . “A shape was emerging that connected childhood adv… · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
Literary Hub
How did alphabet books tackle the letter ‘x’ before x-rays and xylophones?
1 min read · · The most common entries for ‘x’ in alphabet books nowadays are probably ‘x-ray’ and ‘xylophone’—based on anecdotal evidence only, someone do this research please… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
Tablet Magazine
The Great Debasement
~16 min read · · The institutions tasked with the preservation of art are reducing great works to moralizing message-delivery systems · Shared by 87, including Ziad Shihab
