Tag: Andrew Sullivan

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 3, 2024

Categorized
Transhumanism

Tagged
Andrew Sullivan, Featured, Wesley J. Smith on transhumanism, Zoltan Istvan}

Should We Worry About Where Transhumanism Is Heading?

_{Wesley J. Smith asks some hard questions about the moral implications of Zoltan Istvan’s “anything to defeat death” atheist movement} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 3, 2024

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Transhumanism}

Traditionally, atheists have not thought that just about anything is permissible in order to avoid death; like the religious, they approached it philosophically Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 19, 2021

Categorized
Business and Finance, Media

Tagged
Andrew Sullivan, Rod Dreher, Substack}

Why So Many Mainstream Media Figures Really Hate Substack

_{The subscription newsletter service allows good writers to reach their audiences without a horde of censors and gatekeepers, as is usually the case in mainstream media today} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 19, 2021

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Business and Finance, Media}

Substack — a newsletter site where popular writers can make money via private newsletters — has thoroughly rattled many traditional legacy mainstream media. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it essentially ensures that the writer, not the medium, is the primary financial beneficiary of the writer’s talent. It also doesn’t need to censor writers on account of, say, money from China. One result is that many well-known writers from, for example, the New York Times, Vox, and BuzzFeed quit their jobs and started writing for newsletter subscribers who pay for premium content, print or podcast, typically $5 a month or $50 a year. Only a few thousand subscribers are needed to generate a nice income for a talented Read More ›