1. «How Reddit’s ‹Am I the Asshole?› became the definitive document of the Trump era
«The most philosophical place on the internet» is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when I think about the wildly popular discussion forum on Reddit where people describe situations from their lives, asking the community for a judgement: ‹Am I the Asshole?›. It is, though, a fascinating phenomenon and this article does a good job at capturing it. Why is AITH so popular? «It offers some semblance of accountability in a time in which it seems like assholes are running wild…successfully shutting other people down who are trying to hold them accountable.» Read now.
2. Why climate change is a pandemic in slow motion (and what that can teach us)
Some good observations on how the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis are similar in their nature (with one important difference), and how understanding them can help us tackle both. Read it now.
3. Bad Arguments and How to Avoid Them
Of straw men, …