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Essays on celebrity culture

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May 23, 2018SSC

Can Things Be Both Popular And Silenced?

Scott Alexander argues that the Intellectual Dark Web can be both popular and silenced, explaining various mechanisms of social censorship and how they apply to controversial thinkers.

42 min read 6,450 words

Oct 21, 2015SSC

Contra Simler on Prestige

Scott critiques Simler's theory of prestige, finding it insufficient for human behavior, and proposes five alternative explanations for the phenomenon.

23 min read 3,468 words

celebrity culture contra evolutionary psychology