Kindly Inquisitors The New Attacks On Free Thought
by Jonathan Rauch · first published 2014
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Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, by Jonathan Rauch (http://www.amazon.com/Kindly-Inquisitors-Attacks-Thought-Exp...) I picked this book up shortly after the Brendan Eich incident earlier this year. This book was written over 20 years…
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2014?” ↗…than ever Although restricting offensive speech has the upfront benefit of not hurting our iddly-widdly-fweelings, this is the price we pay for abandoning free speech. For further reading, I recommend Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought [0] [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703086.Kindly_Inquisitor...
on “U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests” ↗A related thesis can be found in: 'Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought' by Jonathan Rauch. Which has actually been sitting on my to-read list for a while. Has anyone read this?
on “No Offense: The New Threats to Free Speech” ↗“ His 1993 book Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought (published by the University of Chicago Press; expanded in 2013) defends free speech and robust criticism, even when it is racist or sexist and even when it hurts.” From the authors Website. Simple to…
on “The Social Media Problem” ↗