Uncertain Things

Everything is broken. Now what?

Uncertainty #15: Uncertainty Returns

Vanessa is back — just in time for escalating political violence and AI-induced obsolescence.

09-18
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When Speech Is Violence, Etc. (w/ Matt Welch)

On Charlie Kirk and political violence.

09-15
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Thou Shalt Not Be a Socialist (Ruth Wisse)

Jews against grievance.

08-12
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Lower Expectations of Humanity (Yuval Levin)

Not being the First Person In the World is basically oppression.

07-21
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War Is Hell (Dan Senor)

On bears and bulls.

07-14
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The Jacobin Seduction

On the ecstasy of annihilation.

07-02
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The Law Is How We Deal With Our Mistakes (Alan Dershowitz)

Kant in the streets, Bentham in the sheets.

07-01
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The Mood Music of Anti-Racism (Coleman Hughes)

Social science versus social redemption.

06-25
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The Hope for Gaza (w/ Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib)

Has the Palestinian independence movement has been hijacked?

06-15
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The Enemies of Free Speech (w/ Greg Lukianoff & Nadine Strossen)

Between FIRE and a crowded ACLU. (Or: "I like free speech, but...")

05-29
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Vibes of Nihilism (w/ Mike Pesca)

Plus: pesky political peeves.

03-28
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When My Team Became an Online Mob (w/ Brianna Wu)

"The alternative to Zionism is a second Holocaust."

03-10
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How the Modern World Self-Destructs (w/ Tomer Persico)

Liberalism's best feature is also its deadliest bug.

01-29
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Significant Sans Sex (w/ Rhaina Cohen)

The challenges, and opportunities, of platonic partnerships.

01-17
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LOCKED: Vanessa's Confessions (w/ Caitlin Flanagan)

On choking, parenthood, and other traumas.

08-20
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It's Over (w/ Caitlin Flanagan)

Ah, Western civilization. It was good while it lasted.

08-20
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