Oliver TraldiinArc DigitalNobody ReadsPeople who pretend to read as a status symbol are certainly obnoxious — but are they onto something?Dec 31, 202050Dec 31, 202050
Oliver TraldiReflections on a ReviewSometime last year I got an email from a philosopher I knew just a little bit — nobody you’ve likely heard of, just a sharp person with…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Oliver TraldiinArc DigitalThem Among UsGroup dynamics, the definition of politics, and why politics is so unpleasantOct 18, 20201Oct 18, 20201
Oliver TraldiinArc DigitalMannesplainingDoes a tendency to reflexively empathize with the feelings and failures of men explain the structure of society?Sep 29, 20207Sep 29, 20207
Oliver TraldiinArc DigitalPostmodernism Unbound?Review of Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James LindsayAug 5, 202012Aug 5, 202012
Oliver TraldiinArc DigitalCancel ClustersThe public meaning of what “canceling” refers to may be more a fuzzy web than a precise definition. It’s still bad.Jul 25, 20205Jul 25, 20205
Oliver TraldiinArc DigitalYes, And—On open letters, open debate, and how the arguments against illiberalism could be even strongerJul 8, 20209Jul 8, 20209
Oliver TraldiinArc DigitalSympathy for the MasochistsOn “White Fragility” and the psychology behind the critical reception to anti-racist reading listsJun 29, 202011Jun 29, 202011
Oliver TraldiReview — Lewis Sargentich, Liberal LegalityI spent the year of 2009–2010 in law school, and Lewis Sargentich was my torts professor there, and my favorite professor. He was…Jun 2, 20202Jun 2, 20202