Zachary ElwoodPlease follow me on SubstackIf you’ve enjoyed my politics-related work, would you be willing to subscribe to my depolarization-aimed Substack newsletter? I think it’s…Dec 27, 2023Dec 27, 2023
Zachary ElwoodA criticism of “polarization is not the problem” stances: Why American liberals should want to…This piece has been moved to my Substack newsletter: https://defusingamericananger.substack.com/p/a-criticism-of-polarization-is-notJul 29, 2023Jul 29, 2023
Zachary ElwoodHow do groups come to believe such vastly different things?,The following is a transcript of one of the most popular episodes of my People Who Read People podcast in 2022: a talk with Matthew…Mar 9, 2023Mar 9, 2023
Zachary ElwoodExamining divisive liberal-side political rhetoric from A.R. Moxon (aka @JuliusGoat on Twitter)This piece will be a criticism of A.R. Moxon, who runs the @JuliusGoat Twitter account. A.R. Moxon is the author of novel The Revisionaries…Jun 8, 2022Jun 8, 2022
Zachary ElwoodPreventing polarization: The importance of pushing back on divisive rhetoric on “your side”I’ve thought about political polarization a lot the last few years. It’s been a frequent focus of mine for my podcast People Who Read…Apr 14, 2022Apr 14, 2022
Zachary ElwoodExamining the strangeness of life as a fundamental existential fear(For an audio version of this, see my podcast.)Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Zachary ElwoodPodcast episodes about political polarizationFor my psychology podcast, People Who Read People, I’ve done quite a few interviews with people on the subject of political polarization…Oct 30, 20212Oct 30, 20212
Zachary ElwoodHow social media divides us (abridged version)This is a shorter version of my piece The psychology behind how social media may be increasing polarization (here’s a podcast version). If…Feb 27, 20212Feb 27, 20212
Zachary ElwoodExamining indicators of deceptive, staged videosThis will be a place where I examine indicators of videos being deceptive or staged. There’s only one here now but I will add to this over…Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
Zachary ElwoodHow social media divides usIf broadcast TV was an opiate of the masses, is social media an amphetamine?Oct 28, 20202Oct 28, 20202