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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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The Dying Art of Being Social

The more time we spend on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the less social we become. At least that’s a fear many have. There have been studies that validate it, but that’s hardly surprising. I suspect we all know it’s true; we’re just so in love with our[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on December 9, 2021 in
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Perpetuating the Pandemic: Political Power and Media Money

Nearly two years into this pandemic and it seems that most people still don’t understand how viruses work. And the powers that be — namely Anthony Fauci, CNN and Twitter — seem to be more interested in ruling our lives than educating us. That should be your first clue that[…] Read On

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Posted by Steve Tobak on December 7, 2021 in
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Why Biden and Dems Own Rising Inflation

The Biden administration and Congress would have you believe that the highest inflationary indicators in decades are caused by either Trump, the pandemic, unusually high demand or some sort of mass delusion we’re all experiencing. Of course none of that is true, but that hasn’t stopped CNN, MSNBC, WaPo, the[…] Read On

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