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Eddie Ferrara
Eddie Ferrara writes about policy from a data-driven perspective. He studied sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He blogs at eddiethoughts.com.
Category: The Right
Understanding the Viciousness of Jordan Peterson’s Critics
“McManus and Hamilton have each written exceedingly unfair reviews of Jim Proser’s recent book Savage Messiah: How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization.”
The A.I. Challenge to the Free World
“Stephen Hawking, the renowned British physicist, brilliantly summarized the main problems associated with AI: ‘Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all.'”
Erdoğan and Taking Advantage of Europe’s “Pathological Altruism”
“For them, the feelings of guilt over Europe’s past seemed to require inviting in the world to redeem Europe of its sins. Erdoğan is playing on this fear by referring to the Greeks as Nazis, attempting to destabilize the collective psyche of the European leadership.”
Interview: “Savage Messiah: How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization”
“I was surprised at the depth of their depravity in attacking this innocent academic. He also provoked quite a bit of outrage by refusing to be silenced by them—and thank God for that.”
Why the “New Socialist Man” Runs into Trouble
“The knowledge encoded in the profit/loss system that emerges in a free market cannot be recovered by a socialist Leviathan.”
Interview: “Trump Wins in 2020: (With the Popular Vote)”
“So over the holidays, I’ve visited several people in the Black community, and they have been very impressed with what they see Trump do.”
Jordan Peterson, at His Core, Teaches Personal Responsibility
“…for all of those who continue to maintain that Jordan Peterson is problematic because of something one of his followers somewhere did, keep in mind that—above all else—Jordan Peterson is a proponent of individuals taking responsibility for their own lives.”
The Travesty of Comparing Jordan Peterson to Hitler
“Not only ought Gabriel Andrade resist implying there are parallels to be found by Peterson and Hitler, but he also should keep in mind how many lives have been positively changed thanks to his ideas.”
“People of Color” Do Not Exist
“Looking at the highest income Americans by ethnicity, we likewise find a hodgepodge of people of many colors, with peoples largely from East and South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East at the top.”
The “Orthodox Conservatives” and the Essence of British Conservatism
“Orthodox Conservatism believes that the culture we have is held in trust—and that it is particular to us and our shared history; it is distinctive, not exclusive and is open to those who wish to join.”
The All Too Brief Life of the Father of Thermodynamics
“This ability to deliver scientific progress amid a sea of errors is more common in the history of science than one might expect.”
I Have a Suggestion for My Fellow Black Americans—This Black History Month
“By allowing this ball and chain of victimhood to stay attached to us (and having this mentality that everyone and everything is racist), we are doing ourselves and our ancestors no favors.”
“Three Big Ideas” to Transform How We Think
“In fact, I can think of three ideas that are so deep, so potentially useful, and so paradigm-shifting that widespread acceptance of even one of them would transform civilization for the better.”
The Predicament of Contemporary Academia
“As a result, liberal arts education has been dragged down into the world that it previously resisted, subjugating honest intellectual inquiry to cheap ideological attachments and the profanities of political activity.”