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From the archives: Read "Lawsuit Exposes Internet Giant’s Internal Culture of Intolerance" by Gideon Scopes.https://quillette.com/2018/02/01/lawsuit-exposes-internet-giants-internal-culture-intolerance/ …

"At the outset, some of the AAS students were armed with chains, knives and clubs," writes history professor Tony Fels.https://quillette.com/2019/06/25/the-fog-of-youth-the-cornell-student-takeover-50-years-on/ …

"It’s usually difficult to describe the lasting legacy of a British prime minister in one word. For many, Theresa May (2016­­–19) seems to be the exception: failure.”https://quillette.com/2019/06/26/the-impressive-record-of-theresa-may/ …

"By canceling the performance, the OBEY festival organizers demonstrated that they are willing to silence one voice to appease another."https://quillette.com/2019/06/27/publicly-shaming-a-musician-for-calling-a-composition-by-its-name/ …

.@paulinaneuding, Quillette's European editor, was a guest on "Elvakaffet" ("11 o'clock coffee") at Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden's second daily news paper. Read her interview (in Swedish) about migration to Europe and the future of journalism.https://www.svd.se/paulina-neuding-nar-vi-tittar-pa-migrationsvagen-maste-vi-ha-med-koln/i/senaste/om/ledare …

"Right-wing declinists romanticize a time when people (especially the young) were still obedient towards authority and tradition, while their left-wing counterparts imagine a time in which solidarity and mutual trust were still widely cherished values."https://quillette.com/2019/06/26/four-flavors-of-doom-a-taxonomy-of-contemporary-pessimism/ …

“Over time the mixed faculty-student judicial boards lost legitimacy, not because they lacked fair-minded and dedicated personnel but because the growing influence of leftwing ideology undercut individual responsibility in favor of group accountability."https://quillette.com/2019/06/25/the-fog-of-youth-the-cornell-student-takeover-50-years-on/ …

From the archives: Read "Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life" by 2020 presidential candidate @AndrewYang.https://quillette.com/2018/12/14/video-games-and-the-male-meaning-of-life/ …

“It’s usually difficult to describe the lasting legacy of a British prime minister in one word. For many, Theresa May (2016­­–19) seems to be the exception: failure.”https://quillette.com/2019/06/26/the-impressive-record-of-theresa-may/ …

"The focus of the debate has moved away from restrictions on speech by state actors, & toward the question of how corporate entities that privately control the platforms which host a great deal of our speech & debate should regulate & moderate their users"https://quillette.com/2019/06/23/how-free-speech-dies-online/ …

"Stanley argues that the recent proliferation of conspiracy theories and dog-whistles refute the premise that 'reason always wins out in the public square of liberal democracy.'"https://quillette.com/2019/06/24/what-defenders-and-critics-get-wrong-about-the-marketplace-of-ideas/ …

"Despite the findings of the Williams Commission, however, the university administration decided not to charge any students in the disruption, and the provost even indicated to leaders of the AAS that he and other administrators took their side morally.”https://quillette.com/2019/06/25/the-fog-of-youth-the-cornell-student-takeover-50-years-on/ …

“The livelihoods of people who professionally produce content disseminated over social media are now subject to the whims of these companies," writes @DanFriedman81.https://quillette.com/2019/06/23/how-free-speech-dies-online/ …

"Censoring false information and malicious opinions does nothing to show why a view is incorrect or convince anyone of the truth. The primary victims of censorship are conscientious truth seekers denied the opportunity to exercise their own judgment."https://quillette.com/2019/06/24/what-defenders-and-critics-get-wrong-about-the-marketplace-of-ideas/ …

Four Flavors of Doom: A Taxonomy of Contemporary Pessimism | @mboudryhttps://quillette.com/2019/06/26/four-flavors-of-doom-a-taxonomy-of-contemporary-pessimism/ …

"AAS member Cleveland Donald added 'the act of haranguing whites' produced frustration for the AAS 'because blacks knew that whites enjoyed the punishment…[and so] deprived blacks of the therapeutic value inherent in the act of punishing.'"https://quillette.com/2019/06/25/the-fog-of-youth-the-cornell-student-takeover-50-years-on/ …

From the archives: Read "The Unspoken Homophobia Propelling the Transgender Movement in Children" by Debra Soh.https://quillette.com/2018/10/23/the-unspoken-homophobia-propelling-the-transgender-movement-in-children/ …

“For Buddhists, freedom means liberation from the illusion of the self and the very idea of desire. For Plato and many of the ancient Greeks, it meant discovering one’s truest self and pursuing higher forms of desire,” writes @MattPolProf.https://quillette.com/2019/06/22/the-inner-nature-of-freedom/ …

“The livelihoods of people who professionally produce content disseminated over social media are now subject to the whims of these companies."https://quillette.com/2019/06/23/how-free-speech-dies-online/ …