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‘Mein Kampf’ & ‘Quotations from Chairman Mao’ are among the best-known works in the dictatorial canon, but they represent only a fraction of the awfulness on offer in a vast, infernal library.https://quillette.com/2018/12/14/what-can-we-learn-from-dictators-literature/ …

By coincidence, “Islam & the Future of Tolerance” held its LA premiere near a synagogue where a Somali man tried to ram worshipers w/a car just two weeks before. How well does this new documentary template conversations about Islam & Muslims?https://quillette.com/2018/12/14/a-night-out-with-a-muslim-and-an-atheist/ …

"As of last year, 22 percent of men between the ages of 21 & 30 in the U.S. with less than a bachelor’s degree reported not working at all in the previous year—up from only 9.5 percent in 2000. And there’s evidence that video games are a big reason why."https://quillette.com/2018/12/14/video-games-and-the-male-meaning-of-life/ …

"You genuinely feel like you’re witnessing a conversation between two individuals who have come to similar conclusions in spite of their vastly different experiences."https://quillette.com/2018/12/14/a-night-out-with-a-muslim-and-an-atheist/ …

Gawker deliberately outed Peter Thiel as a homosexual. It would take years for Thiel to finally get his revenge.https://quillette.com/2018/12/13/the-demise-of-gawker-an-interview-with-ryan-holiday/ …

"[T]here are the “terrible simplifications,” the division of the world into warring camps of good & evil, the categorization of huge swathes of people on the basis of immutable characteristics such as race or class"https://quillette.com/2018/12/14/what-can-we-learn-from-dictators-literature/ …

"As of last year, 22 percent of men between the ages of 21 and 30 in the U.S. with less than a bachelor’s degree reported not working at all in the previous year—up from only 9.5 percent in 2000. And there’s evidence that video games are a big reason why."https://quillette.com/2018/12/14/video-games-and-the-male-meaning-of-life/ …

From the archives: "These [jihadists] are not trying to build up a glorious empire; they are not concerned with bringing the world’s souls to Allah; no, they are in a mad fury against civilization itself."https://quillette.com/2016/01/07/original-sin-the-sexual-motivation-of-religious-extremists/ …

A Night Out with a Muslim and an Atheist | @MrAndyNgohttps://quillette.com/2018/12/14/a-night-out-with-a-muslim-and-an-atheist/ …

Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life | @AndrewYangVFAhttps://quillette.com/2018/12/14/video-games-and-the-male-meaning-of-life/ …

How many tyrants have entertained the illusion that they were literary super geniuses?https://quillette.com/2018/12/06/what-can-we-learn-from-dictators-literature/ …

Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria is the phenomena where in some cases, coming out as trans could be a maladaptive coping strategy for confused adolescents & young adults with other underlying issues. An essay by @samuelveissiere.https://quillette.com/2018/12/09/a-surfeit-of-empathy-and-an-absence-of-compassion/ …

What do you think happens inside a Google conference on 'diversity and inclusion'?https://quillette.com/2018/12/11/inside-a-google-summit-on-diversity-and-inclusion/ …

I couldn't get my own life in order but I thought I could save the world anyway.https://quillette.com/2018/12/11/sad-radicals/ …

My name is Titania McGrath. I am a radical intersectional feminist who was temporary banned from Twitter recently. I now know how Nelson Mandela felt when he was imprisoned for 27 years. An essay by @TitaniaMcGrath.https://quillette.com/2018/12/13/i-now-understand-how-nelson-mandela-felt/ …

"Dictators, of course, are terrible people. They also tend to be terrible writers. Yet many tyrants have entertained the illusion that they were literary super geniuses," writes author Daniel Kalder.https://quillette.com/2018/12/06/what-can-we-learn-from-dictators-literature/ …

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