Weekly Roundup
Reading, watching, & listening list
Pluralist Points: Escaping the Certainty Trap
FAIR Advisor Ilana Redstone speaks with Ben Klutsey about how a pluralistic democracy depends on our willingness to challenge our assumptions.
Michael Shellenberger on America’s Cultural Crisis
FAIR Advisor Michael Shellenberger explains the crisis of faith currently facing the West. From the medicalization of children to the breakdown of law and order, Michael highlights how cultural decay and dogmatic liberalism have eroded our basic values. He contends that without a moral framework, religious or otherwise, societies end up encouraging destructive behaviors in the name of “progress.” Michael believes that the pragmatic spirit of America will eventually prevail against this crisis and reassert pro-human and pro-civilization values, such as meritocracy, law and order, and individual freedom.
When LGB Organizations Become T
For her Substack BROADVIEW, FAIR Advisor Lisa Selin Davis starts a list of organizations that shifted their focus away from LGB rights to include the T and Q.
The name changed to The Association for Queer Anthropology in 2010. The official history omits the story behind that name change, but it’s just one of many organizations that, at inception, focused on homosexuality, and was reinvented to include queerness and/or transness—or in some cases be overtaken by them. Some have kept the acronyms—GLSEN, GLAAD—but no longer explicitly name the gays and lesbians they once referenced.
To some, these changes reflect the expansion of a mission, fulfilling a promise of inclusivity that many couldn’t act on when initially searching for it. To others, it’s concept creep that became an invasive species, obliterating the mission.
Indie R is a network of independent liberty lovers, connected by a mission to secure America's founding freedoms and constitutional republic in the 21st century. For Morning Coffee, FAIR in Medicine Director Nikki M. Johnson, MD, joins their conversation.
Twitter Runs On Hate -- But Its Users Don't Reflect Real Life
For his Substack The American Saga, Zaid Jilani writes about a new study finding that divisive content is king on Twitter, but not because people prefer it.
When I walk outside, I’m not dodging angry crowds throwing tomatoes at me or witnessing massive brawls over the latest meme or bad Tweet. In fact, sometimes I’ll meet people in real life who I’ve only known through social media, and it turns out they’re completely different in-person. Usually, they’re much more chill. So what is it about social media that seems to bring out the worst in people? A new study offers some answers about one of these platforms: Twitter.
Q&A: ‘UNDIVIDE US’ Film is Breaking Down Barriers for Civil Conversation
Philanthropy Roundtable recently sat down with “UNDIVIDE US” filmmaker and director Kristina Kendall and one of the film’s producers, Senior Vice President at State Policy Network Carrie Conko, to discuss the project. In our current, troubled political and cultural environment, the film is built around creating a dialogue and trust among Americans, especially those who disagree on today’s most pressing issues. Kendall and Conko share how “UNDIVIDE US” came about, the key role philanthropy played in its creation and how the film can foster respectful civil discourse.
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