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A politically incorrect guide to affirmative action

  • Posted on August 30, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

During the controversy about James Damore’s infamous memo, which I briefly discussed here, I read a lot of nonsense from a lot of people, who clearly don’t understand much about this debate. If you have been following the debate about…

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Postcards from the end of America by Linh Dinh

  • Posted on August 23, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Linh Dinh is a Vietnamese-American poet, who has been traveling around the US for years, in order to take pictures, talk to ordinary people and write about their life. He writes short reports about what he’s seen and the people…

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Some data about the blog after it reached a milestone

  • Posted on August 16, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I’ve been mostly offline and busy with other things lately, which is why things have been slow here. However, I just noticed that Nec Pluribus went past 100,000 views a week ago, which means it averaged about 500 views/day since…

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Links – 08/11/2017

  • Posted on August 11, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Robert Kelly argues that North Korea’s nuclear program is almost certainly for deterrence, which I think is clearly right. Jonny Anomaly and Brian Boutwell published a good piece on Quillette where they warn against the danger of ignoring the possibility…

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The problem with hiring smart people is that sometimes they see through your bullshit

  • Posted on August 6, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A software engineer at Google recently wrote a document that circulated internally before it was leaked, where he argues that instead of programs that promote gender/racial diversity by discriminating against white men, the company should try to promote ideological diversity…

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