Leftists loathe Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and other naysayers, but their audiences are growing.
Two weeks ago, philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris had Ezra Klein, who is Vox's editor in chief, on his podcast, Waking Up. The topic: Klein's website had labeled Harris a participant in "Pseudoscientific racialist speculation" because Harris had had the temerity to host social scientist Charles Murray on his program.
Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" tells the tale of a clerk, Bartleby, hired by a Wall Street law firm.
At first, Bartleby works diligently for his supervising lawyer.
The lawyer asks Bartleby to inspect a document, and Bartleby answers simply, "I would prefer not to." Soon, Bartleby begins stating that he would "Prefer not to" examine any of the lawyer's documents.
While the supervising lawyer attempts to keep paying Bartleby, and even offers him a place to live, by the end of the story, Bartleby is imprisoned and starves to death when he "Prefers not" to eat.
Why doesn't the lawyer simply cast Bartleby aside?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/sam-harris-jordan-peterson-intellectual-renegades-audiences-growing/
Two weeks ago, philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris had Ezra Klein, who is Vox's editor in chief, on his podcast, Waking Up. The topic: Klein's website had labeled Harris a participant in "Pseudoscientific racialist speculation" because Harris had had the temerity to host social scientist Charles Murray on his program.
Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" tells the tale of a clerk, Bartleby, hired by a Wall Street law firm.
At first, Bartleby works diligently for his supervising lawyer.
The lawyer asks Bartleby to inspect a document, and Bartleby answers simply, "I would prefer not to." Soon, Bartleby begins stating that he would "Prefer not to" examine any of the lawyer's documents.
While the supervising lawyer attempts to keep paying Bartleby, and even offers him a place to live, by the end of the story, Bartleby is imprisoned and starves to death when he "Prefers not" to eat.
Why doesn't the lawyer simply cast Bartleby aside?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/sam-harris-jordan-peterson-intellectual-renegades-audiences-growing/
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