On Gatekeeping

You either believe in the Marketplace of Ideas, or you don't.

The Intellectual Dark Web is slowly deflating. I believe this is in large measure because its explanatory power is self-limited.

The "Whoah, these wokies are out of control! Somebody better throw an emergency podcast into the marketplace of ideas, stat" record has been played, remixed, and reanimated in countless configurations. Reality keeps on a stead…