Penetrating essay by @safeortrue (typical of @QuilletteM) takes critical theory seriously, unpacks it, and shows it to be dangerous nonsense, inconsistent with a humane & objective search for truth. Overused slogans & epithets becoming caricatures too.http://quillette.com/2017/12/09/white-women-tears-wilfrid-laurier-critical-theory/ …
Despite our tribal confusions and limited cognition, humans tend to be pretty rational actors. The difficulty that they can only act and change their policies based on local incentives, which are often not aligned with a globally optimal state.