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Any questioning or discrediting of what is currently the most efficient means of producing acquiescence and docility, of promoting self-interest as the raison d’être of all social activity, is rigorously marginalized.

Jonathan Crary • 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

Our example, though, requires explanations, the kind the Founders gave to the world. And this is where we are failing: the dominant schools in American universities can tell the Chinese students only that they should avoid Eurocentrism, that rationalism has failed, that they should study non-Western cultures, and that bourgeois liberalism is the mo... See more

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Varian Fry was a hero, but he was also a maverick who flew in the face of American policy.

Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

The notion that a university should protect all of its students from ideas that some of them find offensive is a repudiation of the legacy of Socrates, who described himself as the “gadfly” of the Athenian people. He thought it was his job to sting, to disturb, to question, and thereby to provoke his fellow Athenians to think through their current ... See more

Jonathan Haidt • The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

By 1956, the sociologist William H. Whyte saw a “decline of the Protestant ethic” and the rise of “the organization man,” for whom conformity was prized over initiative.

Micki McGee • Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life

Modern liberalism has adopted the Jacobin spirit. Having dispensed with traditional moral norms, liberals have transformed the severe quality of conscience into a playpen of desire. Having denied a religious foundation for human rights, they have left individuals vulnerable to the despotic whims of the secular state. This outcome was predicted by

nationalreview.com • A Brief History of Individual Rights | National Review

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Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy

Borrowing a restaurant metaphor from Harvard physician Atul Gawande, Crow and Dabars explain that most universities aspire towards offering a Michelin star experience to students, but what we actually need is a ‘fast casual’, Cheesecake Factory-like option that can provide an affordable, quality education to millions.

Nadia Asparouhova • The New American University

The twentieth century was a psychological age: the self became privatized, and the public arena (the crucial realm of political action on behalf of public good) was left relatively vacant. —Roger Smith