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A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: Politics
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Book Review: What’s Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies
Tim Urban uses biology and funny drawings to explain why we are so polarized
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Bolsonaro – The Bitter Fruit of the Brazilian Spring
How a popular uprising from left-wing student organizations set the chain of events that would elect an anti-woke populist
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Alexandre de Moraes: Who’s the Brazilian Judge at Odds with Elon Musk
How a Brazilian judge formerly nicknamed “Pitbull” by the left became the far-right #1 enemy
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The Insanity of Toronto’s Public Health System
Why I have to take a 4-hour back-and forth commute to get a prescription refill.
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Can we argue politically without ridiculing others?
We often think we’re strengthening our cause by showcasing the other’s side worst arguments, but we’re just weakening the debate.
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We need to (sensibly) talk about men violence
We need to stop pretending that testosterone doesn’t play a role in war. And we also need to be really careful in the way we talk about it.
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Letters from the information war
How I got branded as pro-Israel by using the word “conflict” to describe that thing that is going on in that place in the Middle East.
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Thoughts on the Israel-Palestine online debate
I’ve been sharing some different perspectives about Israel and Palestine on my Instagram. For instance, when I pointed out that people are leaving harsh comments on posts that condemn anti-Semitic hate crimes. Or when I said we should be extra careful when…
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Book Review: Sapiens & the Imaginary Orders
A brief history of humankind and how humans were only able to create a technologically advanced society because of our collective imagination.
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