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Author Archives: Max West
Lifeboat Ethics
From Derb, I learned of this decades-old article by Garrett Hardin, “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor” (Psychology Today, September 1974), which provides a useful thought experiment surrounding the problem of pathological altruism: So here we sit, say … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas from Woody Allen & the NYT
In the NYT (where else?), Woody Allen reviews “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936”, by Edward Sorel. That the NYT decides to publish this on Christmas Day, presumably with Allen’s blessing (no pun intended), is … Continue reading
Argent – Christmas for the Free (1973)
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Innocent, Misunderstood, Stigmatized Migrants in Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD7UA1d-WnA Hat tip: punk
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NBC: National Front Finds Millennial Support
NBC news has a piece titled “France’s National Front Finds Support Among Millennials”. It profiles various millennials, such as this 18 year old: Three weeks ago, he joined France’s far-right National Front. “Certain media organizations stigmatize members of the National … Continue reading
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The Beatles – Christmas Time is Here Again (1967)
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Immigrants & Psychotic Disorders
From the abstract of a 2005 paper, “Incidence of mental disorders in second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a four-year cohort study”: Second-generation immigrants with one parent born in Sweden and second-generation Finns had higher risks of being hospitalised for psychotic disorders, … Continue reading
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Mark Lilla vs. Campus P.C.
Our latest installment of the JAPCAT phenom is “Campus Identity Politics Is Dooming Liberal Causes, a Professor Charges” by Evan Goldstein. The day after the presidential election, Mark Lilla had to get something off his chest. “I wrote in a … Continue reading
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Pew: Europe’s Far-Right Anger Is Moving Mainstream
In Foreign Policy, Bruce Stokes, director of global economic attitudes at the Pew Research Center, has a brief summary of Pew’s latest research on the subject of the Alt-Right in Europe (“Europe’s Far-Right Anger Is Moving Mainstream”): In the wake … Continue reading
Trump is only 6’2″!
Politico has a story today on DT’s height. He and his doctor say he’s 6’3″, but Politico has obtained a copy of his driver’s license which says he is only 6’2″! Scandal!
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