In my 2022 book, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational, I presented a three-tiered model to explain why people believe conspiracy theories (Proxy Conspiracism, Tribal Conspiracism, Constructive Conspiracism), which I have discussed at length on Joe Rogan and Megyn Kelly, and outlined in previous excerpts and reviews in Newsweek, Quillette, Big Think, Psychology Today, and The Independent.
Of course, conspiracists think that there’s only one reason they believe in a conspiracy theory, and that is because it is true!
Hello hello!
My book, Modern Friendship, has been out in the world for three weeks and it’s been wonderful.
The reviews on Amazon and Goodreads have been glowing. And, my book was just named a June 2024 Must-Read by the Next Big Idea Book Club.
Not too shabby for a semi-lazy cat mom who shops at Old Navy! If you’ve already read the book, please leave a review wherever you purchased it.
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Mexico, 1950
A few weeks ago one of ReidsonFilm took a trip to Mexico where they were recommended this week’s film by a local guide. What made the film unique, according to the guide, was that it ventured to offer an honest portrayal of Mexico.
Mexican cinemagoers, he said, were used to seeing melodramas which depicted the pervasiveness of love in spite of hardship: “We may be poor … but at least we have love.
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Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, from Kate Lindsay and Nick Catucci.
Yes, I got to see Nala over Zoom. —Kate
The TikTok song that most often gets stuck in my head isn’t available on Spotify. In fact, you can only hear it under special circumstances. When, that is, creator Chris Lindamood scratches his dog Nala Lindamood’s butt.
“She stomp, she stomp, she do the Nala stomps.”
The Utah-based creator and his golden retriever have earned over three million followers on TikTok thanks, in part, to the signature stomps Nala’s back legs can’t help but perform whenever she’s scratched just so.