"While the [ACLU] still does valuable work that's consistent with [its] mandate, it has, in recent years, committed itself to an extremist formulation of transgender rights that has now blurred into anti-scientific obscurantism."
“The Narrative used to win by default. There used to be only three TV channels, and they never disagreed. But then information broke free: digital, cheap, and decentralized.”
"The few Western countries that have achieved success comparable to East Asia are those that leveraged their geographical isolation, and imposed politically realistic lockdown measures when case numbers were low."
"The true significance of Scott Alexander is less in what he writes, than in his whole approach to writing—and not (or at least not only) because Alexander has a particular gift, but because he has chosen to wield that gift in furtherance of Truth."
“The Narrative used to win by default. There used to be only three TV channels, and they never disagreed. But then information broke free: digital, cheap, and decentralized.”
"The few Western countries that have achieved success comparable to East Asia are those that leveraged their geographical isolation, and imposed politically realistic lockdown measures when case numbers were low."
"The true significance of Scott Alexander is less in what he writes, than in his whole approach to writing—and not (or at least not only) because Alexander has a particular gift, but because he has chosen to wield that gift in furtherance of Truth."
