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Sometimes a writer publishes a piece that particularly resonates with their readers, drawing more likes than anything else they've published recently. These are those essays by writers in the Proof of Thought network.
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- Students In Serbia Just Toppled A Brutal Dictator Without Firing A Shot. Here’s How Steven Donziger · 31 Oct · diamond in 1 dayThe lessons are universal. Think Ghandi in India, Mandela in South Africa, and Havel in the Czech Republic. The impact for Serbia could be that significant.
- The Fight for the House, the Future of MAGA, and What Comes NextKatie Couric · 30 OctA recording from Katie Couric's live video
- Trump Derangement Syndrome Has Been Vindicated Bentham · 23 Oct · diamond in 1 dayThose who were hysterical in 2016 were substantially correct in their predictions about Trump
- It’s Time to Take Starlink Away from Elon MuskPaul Krugman · 22 Oct · diamond in 1 dayAmericans did not give him the right to make national security policy
- The end of the Trump rallyAaron Rupar · 22 Oct · diamond in 2 daysThe defining political event of this era is going out with a whimper.
- Conservatives Rape, Liberals Don'tWalter Rhein · 21 Oct · diamond in 1 dayConservatives claim their aggression is for our protection but the only ones we need protection from is them
- Indie Media Darling Prof. Jiang Is Actually A Lunatic!Lee Camp · 21 Oct · diamond in 13 daysNew column by Lee Camp
- Control Yourself! William Irvine · 20 Oct · diamond in 9 daysThinking about: Your life
- Trump is in Office to Solve Putin’s ProblemsRuth Ben-Ghiat · 19 Oct · diamond in 3 daysA note on the “headlines” about Trump assisting Putin
- SHAMEFUL: Every US Senator Other Than Bernie Is Still Refusing to Call It A “Genocide” Steven Donziger · 19 Oct · diamond in 1 dayAlmost all academic scholars and credible human rights groups have determined that Israel is committing genocide. Why are so many US politicians so scared of the word?
- 6 Time-Tested Remedies to Decalcify the Pineal GlandEccentrik · 17 Oct · diamond in 1 dayBecause three eyes are ALWAYS better than two...
- How Do You Tell a Woman That Her Husband is a Child Rapist?Walter Rhein · 14 Oct · diamond in 1 dayHer whole life had been structured to prevent her from seeing the truth
- Aristotle’s Poetics: Final ProjectJacob Allee · 14 OctAn Overview and Assignment
- Gender identity and its discontentsDaniel Oppenheimer · 11 Oct
- Anthropic’s Ban on ‘Cruelty’ Towards Claude: Who Gets To Decide How We Treat LLMs?Ellen Burns, PhD · 9 Oct · diamond in 4 days
- I’m Disappointed in Leftists on AIBentham · 8 Oct · diamond in 13 daysThe common leftist view on AI is both wrong and bad
- More Than 21 Plague Vaccines Are Already in Development: mRNA, saRNA, DNA, Viral Vector, Bacterial Vector, Subunit, and Live-AttenuatedEccentrik · 7 OctWhy were governments and military biodefense programs already investing so heavily in plague vaccines before the current plague hysteria erupted?
- Let's Help Matt Gromlich Defeat Mike JohnsonWalter Rhein · 7 OctA recording from Walter Rhein's live video
- Israel Could Collapse Soon—Leaked CIA Report Says!Lee Camp · 7 Oct · diamond in 4 daysNew column by Lee Camp
- Don’t Fall for a Simple StoryDylan Kane · 6 Oct · diamond in 2 daysSold a Story season two is coming
- The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of CorruptionPaul Krugman · 5 Oct · diamond in 7 daysAnd fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda
- Unreasonable PeopleWilliam Irvine · 30 Sept · diamond in 11 daysThinking about: Other people
- Why I Commute Without A PhoneWill · 29 SeptIt gives me a feeling I used to get on holiday
- Liability, Liability, LiabilityLuiza Jarovsky, PhD · 28 SeptThose who say that AI is ungovernable or that no existing tool or mechanism could reduce the rising number of AI safety incidents are lying | Edition #327
- Has Trump Gone Full Authoritarian? With Ruth Ben GhiatRuth Ben-Ghiat · 26 SeptCorruption and lawlessness go into overdrive; Trump’s adulation of a Communist dictator
- “I think the answer is we have to shut the labs down” - Jensen HuangGary Marcus · 24 SeptOpenAI hacks a foreign government — and the US faces its most critical AI test yet.
- Should you do a PhD?Tommy Blanchard · 24 SeptA realistic look at doctorate degrees
- It’s “Underwear on the Outside” TimePaul Krugman · 23 SeptTrump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning
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