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25. Jonathan Rauch - The Constitution of Knowledge

Ideas Having Sex

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Canceling or Engaging With the Idea?

LZ Granderson: When JK Rowling got into trouble for tweeting things that trans activists were objecting to, she didn't apologize. He says the first response should have been an apology; because it was anything else, it was over. "What they're out to do with canceling is not ultimately debate the idea," he says of those who cancel ideas. 'They don't want there to be any safe harbor'

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