Archive - Wisdom of Crowds

Believe for Your Own Sake, Not for "the West"

Against Memetic Christianity.

Jan 16, 2025 • Tara Isabella Burton

No, Culture is Not Stuck

You just can't see what it's become.

Oct 4, 2024 • Katherine Dee

Does Canada Exist?

Righteous idealism about immigration has wrecked the liberal project across the world.

Jan 9, 2025 • David Polansky

The Temptation of Peter Thiel

The billionaire investor sees the apocalypse coming. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your tolerance for excitement.

Nov 15, 2023 • Tara Isabella Burton

We'll Have to Rethink Everything

The feeling of limitless possibility ahead of Trump's inauguration is dizzying.

Jan 8, 2025 • Damir Marusic

Hamas’ Bid for Revolutionary Legitimacy

By focusing on the gruesomeness of the violence, we miss the political dimension of what's going on.

Oct 24, 2023 • Damir Marusic

The Rise and Fall of Claudine Gay

The leaders of American institutions no longer seem able to articulate actual principles.

Dec 11, 2023 • Shadi Hamid

Barbarians at the Gate

Partying hard in Trump's DC.

Mar 5, 2025 • Damir Marusic

Forget the Oscar Noms

Hollywood's time machine is broken.

Jan 23, 2025 • Matthew Gasda

A Lost Sense of Wonder

They said it was impossible to hear a meteor. But I heard it.

Sep 19, 2023 • Damir Marusic

I gave him a single-word answer: "Repulsed."

An essay on belief, superstition, and love.

Nov 27, 2024 • Gemma Mason

Just Don’t Lie

On Old Joe, and having a good society.

Jul 2, 2024 • Samuel Kimbriel

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