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We Must Never Allow This Dystopian Nightmare to Happen Again. Never.

As kids we all wish for the day we no longer have to live under the tyrannical rule of our parents and teachers. As adults we all wish for the day we no longer have to live under the tyrannical rule of our bosses. When that day finally comes —[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on February 14, 2022 in
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How Facebook’s ‘News’ Feed Changed Journalism Forever

For those who were around from the beginning, Facebook was truly a social network, a way to communicate with friends and family. Somewhere along the line, the center of the page morphed into a news feed that nearly a billion users rely on for at least some of their daily[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on February 4, 2022 in
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The Myth of the Man Behind the Curtain

There is a popular quote — usually attributed to David Attenborough — that goes something like this; tell me if you’ve heard it before: If you collect 100 black ants and 100 red ants and put them in a glass jar,nothing will happen. But if you take the jar, shake[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on January 20, 2022 in
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Mass Formation Psychosis or Runaway Confirmation Bias, Take Your Pick

I’ll never get that image of all those masked lemmings fleeing for their lives out of my head. ICYMI, thousands of kids at Brooklyn Tech and other prestigious New York City high schools fled their classrooms yesterday. Why? They felt unsafe. The snowflakes weren’t fleeing from those who offended them[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on January 11, 2022 in
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The Long and Short of ‘Long Covid’

Everyone’s losing their sh*t over “long covid”. Now might be a good time to consider the immortal words of Douglas Adams: Don’t Panic. When you tell people that omicron symptoms are looking more and more cold or flu-like, and if you are vaxed, have natural immunity, or are not vaxed[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on January 5, 2022 in
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When the Remedy Is Worse Than the Disease

As we head into the third year of “15 days to slow the spread” I’d like to share an epic Twitter thread by the always explicit and never complicit Ben Shapiro, who reminds us of the rank hypocrisy and complete lunacy of our ruling class’s draconian and unscientific lockdowns and[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on January 3, 2022 in
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Elizabeth Holmes Was Fueled by Silicon Valley Hype and Hypocrisy

As the attorneys present closing arguments in Silicon Valley’s historic Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial, allow me to present a particularly juicy piece I wrote for Fortune back when the $9 billion fraud was going down. Enjoy … IDOLIZE verb : to worship as a god; to love or admire to[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on December 16, 2021 in
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