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Help me extend the reach and impact of We Have Never Been Woke
The book has had a stellar launch. Here's how YOU can help keep the momentum going.
Dec 16
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Musa al-Gharbi
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Smart People Are Especially Prone to Tribalism, Dogmatism and Virtue Signaling
The symbolic professions aggressively select for those who are highly educated and cognitively sophisticated. This is a key source of their dysfunction.
Dec 3
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Musa al-Gharbi
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Smart People Are Especially Prone to Tribalism, Dogmatism and Virtue Signaling
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November 2024
A Graveyard of Bad Election Narratives
All the prominent but obviously false narratives about the 2024 election prepared for burial in one convenient post.
Nov 11
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Musa al-Gharbi
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A Graveyard of Bad Election Narratives
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Contextualizing the 2024 Election: It's the (Knowledge) Economy, Stupid
The urban v. rural divide, the gender divide and the diploma divide are all proxies for the most fundamental division in contemporary U.S. politics
Nov 6
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Musa al-Gharbi
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Contextualizing the 2024 Election: It's the (Knowledge) Economy, Stupid
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Book Review: The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell's 1937 study of the working class and the left remains as challenging and relevant today as it was at time of publication.
Nov 3
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Musa al-Gharbi
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Book Review: The Road to Wigan Pier
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October 2024
Critics Respond to We Have Never Been Woke
A brief sketch of how folks have been reacting to the book plus my thoughts on some common lines of critique.
Oct 26
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Musa al-Gharbi
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We Have Never Been Woke: Available In Stores Now!
The book has now been officially published by Princeton University Press and is available in most bookstores and online retailers.
Oct 8
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Musa al-Gharbi
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September 2024
Two Cheers for the Woke
There's a lot to criticize about symbolic capitalists and their social order. But it's not all bad news.
Sep 30
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Musa al-Gharbi
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Two Cheers for the Woke
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The Biggest Bias in Higher Education is Not Political or Ideological Per Se
More than anything, the academy reflects the interests, values and perspectives of highly-educated, relatively affluent, urban and suburban whites.
Sep 4
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Musa al-Gharbi
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The Biggest Bias in Higher Education is Not Political or Ideological Per Se
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July 2024
Video Games Have Never Been Woke
The gaming industry has become far more symbolically liberal over the last decade. It’s critical to contextualize these shifts.
Jul 22
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Musa al-Gharbi
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The Symbolic Professions Are Super WEIRD
They select for characteristically WEIRD people and exacerbate those tendencies further. The consequences are more significant than might be immediately…
Jul 8
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Musa al-Gharbi
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June 2024
Introduction to the Symbolic Economy
The post 1960s shift away from industry changed so much more than how many people make money.
Jun 19
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Musa al-Gharbi
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