Benjamin T. AwesomeHow to Stop Wasting Time OnlineIf you’re here, that means you’re not supposed to be reading this story right now. Stop reading it and go do what you’re supposed to be…1 min read·Mar 18, 2024----
Benjamin T. AwesomeLLMs Are Robot Arms, Not BrainsIt is better to think of LLMs as a form of automation, not a form of intelligence. They are not intelligent. In the same way that a robot…2 min read·Jan 25, 2024--2--2
Benjamin T. AwesomeJonathan Haidt is a Koch Stooge and The Heterodox Academy is an Outlet for Koch PropagandaThe Heterodox Academy is purely a right-wing operation. Period. It has no redeeming cultural value and exists strictly to propagate…4 min read·Sep 25, 2021----
Benjamin T. AwesomeThe IDW Was Always a Clown Car of Anti-IntellectualismThe veneer of thoughtfulness and intellectualism is gone. These people are anti-science.2 min read·Sep 21, 2021----
Benjamin T. AwesomeinHelLAHail Satan Podcast Ticks All the Boxes of Sophomoric AuthoritarianismIt’s unfortunate when Satanists adopt authoritarian politics. But is is also common. Many Satanic groups have documented histories of…9 min read·May 3, 2021----
Benjamin T. AwesomeMy Fundamental Problem With BitcoinBitcoin has the appearance of a Libertarian tax avoidance scheme that compounds the myriad problems associated with sequestering wealth…1 min read·Apr 26, 2021----
Benjamin T. AwesomeWhy is The Hill’s Rising Platforming an Alt-Right COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory?Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti hosted Bret Weinstein, of intellectual dark web fame, in an absolute farce of journalism and conspiracism…5 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
Benjamin T. AwesomeWhat Jacobin Gets Wrong about AntiracismJacobin Magazine has long trucked in anti-antiracist rhetoric. They correctly point out that there are deficiencies in the antiracist…10 min read·Apr 7, 2021--2--2
Benjamin T. AwesomeFinding Good Information in the Disinformation AgeSocial media is an irredeemable dumpster fire of disinformation. We knew this before The Social Dilemma aired on Netflix, but now it is…8 min read·Mar 29, 2021----
Benjamin T. AwesomeBret Weinstein: A Case Study in IDW IgnoranceBret Weinstein was called out on social media for using “woke” as a pejorative. Which, so that we are clear, any white person who uses…3 min read·Mar 24, 2021----