Some Thoughts on Lockdown Protests
In several countries, lockdowns and/or other pandemic-related measures have provoked protest or even riots, and in many more, policies intended to slow down the spread of Covid-19 are widely ignored.…
In several countries, lockdowns and/or other pandemic-related measures have provoked protest or even riots, and in many more, policies intended to slow down the spread of Covid-19 are widely ignored.…
[Updates and corrections below original post.] In The 2020s and Beyond I mentioned that βblack swansβ (unpredictable, extreme events) can seriously mess up any prediction. In that article I sketched…
(This is part 7 in the No Time for Utopia series.) The main guiding principle of this series is a rejection of βideal theoryβ, that is, of idealizations and unwarranted…
βAt the center of the symbolic order is the abhorrence of death,β writes Odile Strik in the conclusion of her short essay The Symbolic Order of Life and Manhood. The…
Surprisingly many people seem to think that anti-fascists are just as bad as the fascists they oppose. (According to one rather unreliable source even Chomsky recently made critical comments about…
Pride plays an important role in most β if not all β ideologies on the right of the political spectrum. National pride and racial pride are the most obvious examples.…
The best explanation of the psychological roots of radicalization and terrorism is given by Terror Management Theory (even if the word βterrorβ in that name has nothing to do with…