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The Emperor's New Annexations: Journalism and the Normalization of Nonsense

The Emperor's New Annexations: Journalism and the Normalization of Nonsense

Presenting "both sides" of an issue when one side is patently absurd undermines journalistic integrity and normalizes dangerous rhetoric.

Aaron Ross Powell
Bad Policy Comes from Confusing "Complexity" and "Complication"

Bad Policy Comes from Confusing "Complexity" and "Complication"

If we're going to solve difficult problems, we need to know whether they're just difficult ot understand or entirely unknowable.

Aaron Ross Powell
Illiberalism is a Story of Gender

Illiberalism is a Story of Gender

A conversation with Samantha Hancox-Li.

Aaron Ross Powell

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The Emperor's New Annexations: Journalism and the Normalization of Nonsense

The Emperor's New Annexations: Journalism and the Normalization of Nonsense

Presenting "both sides" of an issue when one side is patently absurd undermines journalistic integrity and normalizes dangerous rhetoric.

Aaron Ross Powell
Bad Policy Comes from Confusing "Complexity" and "Complication"

Bad Policy Comes from Confusing "Complexity" and "Complication"

If we're going to solve difficult problems, we need to know whether they're just difficult ot understand or entirely unknowable.

Aaron Ross Powell
Illiberalism is a Story of Gender

Illiberalism is a Story of Gender

A conversation with Samantha Hancox-Li.

Aaron Ross Powell
The Politics of "Unbiased" Conservative Search Engines

The Politics of "Unbiased" Conservative Search Engines

It's impossible to build a search engine that isn't biased and doesn't manipulate results. But it is possible to convince conservatives you can.

Aaron Ross Powell
Politics as a Tool: Shaping Society for Good

Politics as a Tool: Shaping Society for Good

Before we can do politics well, we need to know why we do politics in the first place.

Aaron Ross Powell
An Introduction to Politics for Good People

An Introduction to Politics for Good People

A New Framework for Understanding Politics

Aaron Ross Powell
The Limits of AI Learning: Why Drilling Down Can Lead You Astray

The Limits of AI Learning: Why Drilling Down Can Lead You Astray

The more you ask follow-up questions, the worse the answers get.

Aaron Ross Powell
The Shaky Future of Trump's Personality Cult

The Shaky Future of Trump's Personality Cult

Given Trump's poor and declining health, we might see the American right dramatically fracture during his second term.

Aaron Ross Powell
Twitter and the Confusion of Medium and Message

Twitter and the Confusion of Medium and Message

Journalists‘ attachment to Twitter stems from a conflation of the platform with the act of journalism itself.

Aaron Ross Powell
What Do We Do Now? An Election Postmortem

What Do We Do Now? An Election Postmortem

A conversation with Walter Olson.

Aaron Ross Powell, +1
Why, Despite the Numbers, Bluesky Feels Bigger than Threads

Why, Despite the Numbers, Bluesky Feels Bigger than Threads

Threads has significantly more active users than Bluesky, but feels a lot smaller. Why?

Aaron Ross Powell
Echo Chambers and the Ethics of Blocking

Echo Chambers and the Ethics of Blocking

Is it wrong to have a social media feed primarily of people you agree with?

Aaron Ross Powell
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