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On the Perils of Self-Awareness

12/11/202011/11/2021 Zach1 Comment

A mini-memoir on the relationship between politics and self-awareness

Posted in philosophy, politicsTagged Arendt, black lives matter, community, democracy, eichmann, history, identity, Marx, memior, online, paradox, politics, pragmatism, self awareness, social media, socialism, sociology

How to Listen to Scientific Experts

04/15/202005/01/2020 ZachLeave a comment

It is more important than ever that we understand how scientists translate their technical understanding into something actionable for the public.

Posted in philosophy, politicsTagged 19, advice, birx, blog, children, closed, conversation, corona, coronavirus, country, covid, crisis, critique, culture, current affairs, delay, disease, doctor, economics, education, environment, expert, facemask, fauci, global warming, hand, hands, headline, ideas, ignorance, information, internet, journalism, media, news, nonexpert, online, pandemic, personal, plague, platform, policy, political, politics, principles, project, public health, public science, quarantine, question, research, school, science, scientist, sick, social distance, society, sociology, standard, teaching, technology, test, translation, trump, truth, value, values, virus, wash, WHO, work, world, writing

A Guide for Talking to Trump Supporters 2.0

02/02/202005/28/2021 Zach1 Comment

Strategies for your conversations with Trump supporters

Posted in politicsTagged 2020, abortion, Activism, american, argument, article, Authoritarianism, belief, blog, book, children, cliche, college, competence, congress, conversation, cringe, critique, culture, current affairs, democrats, discourse, discussion, economics, editorial, education, election, environment, feminism, goal, GOP, government, gun, gun control, hacking, healthcare, history, how to, ideas, incompetence, information, internet, jobs, journal, journalism, justice, language, law, liberal, logic, love, low information, media, money, negative partisanship, news, online, personal, philosophy, platform, podcast, polarization, political, politics, principles, project, question, rally, rational, relationships, religion, republicans, research, review, revolution, rhetoric, single issue, social, socialism, society, standard, story, strategy, supporters, supreme court, talking points, technology, test, theology, theory, thevim, thinking, thought, trump, truth, vote, voting, web, world, writing

The Ideology of Political Pragmatism

06/17/201905/28/2021 Zach2 Comments

How to navigate debates within the Democratic party, and the left more broadly.

Posted in philosophy, politicsTagged bernie, blog, clinton, communism, conversation, critique, culture, current affairs, economics, election, environment, green new deal, healthcare, hillary, ideal theory, ideas, ideology, impeachment, information, internet, journal, journalism, media, neoliberal, news, online, pelosi, philosophy, platform, political, politics, pragmatic, project, question, realpolitik, research, review, science, social democrat, socialism, spectrum, standard, technology, test, truth, web, writing

Sadly, there can be no right to be heard

05/18/201907/08/2019 Gabe2 Comments

Non-interference from the government isn’t enough to guarantee free speech, but it’s still the best we can do.

Posted in philosophy, politicsTagged amendment, blog, conservative, conversation, critique, culture, current affairs, economics, environment, first, free speech, ideas, information, internet, journal, journalism, liberal, media, news, online, philosophy, platform, platforming, political, politics, project, question, racism, review, school, science, society, teaching, technology, truth, Violence, web, world, writing

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