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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comJean Twenge is a psychologist and author of a series of important and influential books, including Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future (2023); iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebel

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comAnybody who has been canceled for holding disfavored views knows how lonely and depressing the experience can be. It often means watching trusted people in positions of authority turn into bullies and, worse, watching friends and colleagues turn into cowards.That dark reality makes it all the more impo

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comA few weeks after the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, the Director of the FBI said, “Our most immediate concern is that violent extremists—individuals or small groups—will draw inspiration from the events in the Middle East to carry out attacks against Americans going about their dai

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comMany journalists, university professors, and Democrats say we must change how we think about the First Amendment for the Internet age. Maybe the government had no role in regulating speech before there existed social media platforms like X and Facebook, where “peer-to-peer misinformation” thrives.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comEuropeans are free to speak their mind as they wish, most of them believe. They can express their views on controversial political and social issues on social media platforms from Facebook to X.But all of that may soon change. Europe is implementing the Digital Services Act, which is using the exact sa

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai today addressed the public upset with its AI chatbot, Gemini, for its political bias. “I want to address the recent issues with problematic text and image responses in the Gemini app (formerly Bard),” he wrote. I know that some of its responses have offended our users and s

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comLast year, Google CEO Sundar Pinchai went on a media offensive to reassure the public and policymakers that he was being responsible with Artificial Intelligence, or AI. “You will see us be bold and ship things,” he told the New York Times in March, “but we are going to be very responsible in how

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comPoliticians and activists alike have warned of a looming climate catastrophe for decades. “Biden urged to declare climate change a national emergency,” reported NBC last year. “Climate Changes Threatens Every Facet of U.S. Society, Federal Report Warns,” announced Scientific American.Cambridge

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comOn Monday, Alex Gutentag and I reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is misrepresenting the location of the alleged bomb allegedly found at the Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters on January 5, 2021, and that little about the alleged bomb scare makes any sense.Today, I sa

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comIn 2020, progressives rode a wave of righteous anger toward what many believed would be decisive and lasting change. The pandemic ensured a captive audience; America could no longer look away.So why did a year that saw the largest combined protests in the history of this country fail to deliver substan