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Is Hunterbrook Media a News Outlet or a Hedge Fund?

whatever the fine details of your preferred victimhood hierarchy, one thing must remain sacred if you wish to remain a member in good standing in Amber’s world: you must hate Israel too.

Moshe Koppel • Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures

“Joe the Jew.”

Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies

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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

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Ari Lewis • How Dave Portnoy Single Handedly Changed the Media Business Forever — Ari Lewis

In Greenpoint, a Wacky New Birding Group Is Ruffling Some Feathers

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Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

Yet the cultural dominance of the iPhone — and the transformation of the open internet into “walled gardens” and apps focused on simplifying the user experience — has taken the “triumph of seamless usability” to a new level. This “tyranny of convenience,” to borrow Tim Wu’s phrase , should sensitize us to what may be lost when democratization proc

ROGERS BRUBAKER • Hyperconnected Culture and Its Discontents

Social media algorithms identify our politics and then shepherd us into a hermetically sealed bubble, framing our worldview through a window of rage and extremism.