Please 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
A 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
How 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
Examining 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
Preventing 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
Examining the strangeness of life as a fundamental existential fear(For an audio version of this, see my podcast.)Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Podcast 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
How 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
Examining 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
How social media divides usIf broadcast TV was an opiate of the masses, is social media an amphetamine?Oct 28, 20202Oct 28, 20202
Zach Elwood’s investigations into deceptive online activityI’m using this as a place to compile work that I’ve done related to researching and investigating deceptive online activity, including…May 1, 2020May 1, 2020
The best, most logical anti-vegan argumentsThis will be a compilation and analysis of the best and most logical anti-vegan arguments I’ve encountered. The arguments we’ll examine…Mar 11, 202010Mar 11, 202010
Meaning of the ‘Joker’ movie: what you missedNote: spoilers exist for both “Joker” and “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”Oct 13, 20191Oct 13, 20191
Public vouching: a strategy for establishing credibility for GoFundMe campaigns and other online…This piece attempts to answer two topics:Jun 24, 2019Jun 24, 2019
Fake rightwing Twitter account: “Suze Michelini”In this piece I’ll examine the almost-certainly deceptive rightwing Twitter account @emilia_suze, which seems to use a fake name and fake…Apr 2, 2019Apr 2, 2019
Analysis of Chris Watts’ statementsI wrote this piece September 5th for my poker tells blog, but decided to repost here. I did this analysis in preparation for an interview…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018
Examination of Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge denials of Ford allegationsThis piece will look at some statements from Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge pertaining to the Dr. Christine Ford allegations. The…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
All the strange and fake social media accounts I’ve knownI’ve spent a good amount of time looking into fake and deceptive social media accounts. A couple of the more prominent things I’ve worked…Sep 6, 20182Sep 6, 20182
Things I learned from the True Pundit investigation“True Pundit” (aka “Thomas Paine”) is an influential fake news creator, probably the most influential source of fake news in the United…Aug 30, 2018Aug 30, 2018
The City of Lies (translated from German)This is a translation of Alex Rühle’s article “Die Stadt der Lügen.” That article was published Dec 22, 2017 by the German newspaper…Jan 8, 20182Jan 8, 20182