Optimisation
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation