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A Third Way for the Humanities
A Declaration
 • Hinternet Editorial Board
My Kind of Conservatism
“L’orgueil de la victoire m’est insupportable.” —Chateaubriand, Mémoires d’outre-tombe (1848-50)
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
A World-Historical Upgrade
1. The emerging consensus among commentators I take seriously is that the actions of the Trump 2 regime so far mark a massive structural shift in how…
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
The Trump Restoration
Some among us have a vague memory of a New York Times article years ago, written in a parodic vein, perhaps for April Fool’s Day or some other…
 • Hinternet Editorial Board
“HR Managers of the Human Soul”
On Our Own American Zhdanovshchina
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
Here Come the Allodidacts
Deep Reading with Ena Alvarado, Franklin Eccher, Brian Hamilton, Benjamin Laufer, Gabriella Okigbo, and Caroline Young
 • William Deresiewicz
“AGI” Is Impossible
Either That or Defining It Is Entirely Arbitrary
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
How to Change the World for Real
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 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
Alex Pretti Was Murdered by the State
To insist otherwise is to volunteer as a propagandist for authoritarianism
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
Neo-Utilitarians Are Utter Philistines
1. Here on the banks of the Seine it can be hard to notice new trends in the Anglosphere before they have already arrived in the phase of their full…
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
Our Dumb Century
This Is What Happens When You Forget Your Shakespeare
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
Can the Humanities Survive?
(Yes, But Not Like Before.)
 • Justin Smith-Ruiu
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