opinions

46 posts

1. News-Adjacent Reading May 1, 2018
2. Do we need *more* radical Islam? - Marginal REVOLUTION September 2, 2016
3. The Seven Habits of Highly Depolarizing People March 2, 2016
4. Making Peace With Music That Everyone Loves But You January 27, 2015
5. We make ourselves lists in order to know if we think what we think September 17, 2014
6. Not having an opinion means not having an obligation August 19, 2014
7. It’s okay to not like things April 19, 2014
8. If you mull over a movie or TV show for a week, you liked it April 5, 2014
9. Ambivalence Is Awesome - Slate Magazine June 23, 2013
10. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts December 17, 2012
11. If a work has something remarkable to say November 8, 2012
12. The ears that are listening make more difference than the music September 27, 2012
13. The Light by Which You See September 11, 2012
14. KNOWLEDGE + TASTE = MEANINGFUL JUDGMENT September 2, 2012
15. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake August 20, 2012
16. Forms, styles, and structures should change like skirt lengths July 11, 2012
17. Why My Bloody Valentine's Loveless is the greatest rock album of our greatness-averse age - Grantland July 4, 2012
18. “HERE LIES THE PERSON WITH THE UNIQUEST OPINIONS” July 3, 2012
19. The Times Herald - A room so quiet no one can stand it for more than 45 minutes June 4, 2012
20. A good rule of thumb: diversity of opinion is essential May 7, 2012
21. my mortifying month November 9, 2011
22. Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know September 8, 2011
23. On Taste - Edmund Burke August 23, 2011
24. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia August 22, 2011
25. Let’s not bring flame where light is enough July 26, 2011
26. It’s hard to beat the entertainment value of people who deliberately… June 29, 2011
27. A Real Critic Is Always a Cultural Critic May 30, 2011
28. It’s okay to not like things May 12, 2011
29. Economonomics: Charitable arguing April 26, 2011
30. This is very Hansonian April 22, 2011
31. Odds are good that you primarily know one sort of person: highly educated… March 11, 2011
32. I think painters and sculptors react to music, more naively, in a sense… February 10, 2011
33. You can tell when rhetoric is empty — and therefore should be cut — because it… February 3, 2011
34. Opinions | Meteuphoric January 25, 2011
35. It's the Annual Kitchen Gift Guide - Megan McArdle - The Atlantic December 16, 2010
36. When Charlie and I Disagree, He Says I’ll See It His Way November 16, 2010
37. Ideas and views that differ from one’s own should not be targets… November 14, 2010
38. Of all the duties required of the professional critic, the least… November 12, 2010
39. Akrasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia October 4, 2010
40. Overcoming Bias : Opinion Warning Signs September 26, 2010
41. There’s always something more interesting going on than whether I like… September 20, 2010
42. AllHipHop.com: With “Shooters,” did you hear the original version by Robin… May 6, 2010
43. The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived… November 3, 2009
44. Mixed company moderates; like-minded company polarizes October 30, 2009
45. Extremists More Willing To Share Their Opinions, Study Finds October 22, 2009
46. The general glut of information and opinion makes it disconcertingly easy… September 7, 2009