Comparto aquí algunas lecturas y artículos breves que considero particularmente relevantes para realmente comprender el estado político actual del mundo. Su inclusión aquí no necesariamente indica que esté completamente de acuerdo con ellas, mucho menos que promuevo su fuente, pero sí que contienen ideas que opino deben ser más comunes en el discurso popular actual.

Anteriormente había publicado esto, pero ahora lo estaré actualizando periódicamente cuando encuentra algo interesante que quiera añadir.

• How—and How Not—to Love Mankind — Theodore Dalrymple

  • “Almost every intellectual claims to have the welfare of humanity, and particularly the welfare of the poor, at heart: but since no mass murder takes place without its perpetrators alleging that they are acting for the good of mankind, philanthropic sentiment can plainly take a multiplicity of forms. Two great European writers of the nineteenth century, Ivan Turgenev and Karl Marx, illustrate this diversity with vivid clarity.”

• The System’s Neatest Trick — Theodore Kaczynski

  • “The System has played a trick on today’s would-be revolutionaries and rebels. The trick is so cute that if it had been consciously planned one would have to admire it for its almost mathematical elegance.”

• Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber — James Damore

  • “Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture that maintains its hold by shaming dissenters into silence. This silence removes any checks against encroaching extremist and authoritarian policies.”

• Free Software Is Even More Important Now — Richard Stallman

  • “When a program respects users’ freedom and community, we call it “free software.””

• Are Boys Irrational? — James Taranto

  • “Men traditionally sought to “better themselves” not because working in an office or on an assembly line was itself a source of delight, but because being a workingman enabled them to earn respect and made possible the joys of domestic life.”

• Industrial Society and Its Future — Theodore Kaczynski

  • “Our society tends to regard as a “sickness” any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system, and this is plausible because when an individual doesn’t fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. Thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a “cure” for a “sickness” and therefore as good.”

    • Nota personal: Si bien contiene ideas importantes, rechazo por completo la tesis principal de este ensayo. El primer artículo es un excelente contrapunto.

• Too Many Young Men Don’t Know How to Be a Gentleman — Leonard Sax

  • “How is it possible that these men, all students at an Ivy League college, saw nothing wrong in taking sexual advantage of an intoxicated woman?”

    • En mi opinión, el mejor análisis detrás de las causas del reciente escándalo ocurrido en Cornell.