From "I'm 17. And I'm Immunized from Woke Politics. Here's how" by Daniel Idfresne (at the Bari Weiss Substack).
Idfresne has a YouTube channel. Here's an example of what he puts up:
September 11, 2021
"When acceptance is the highest value, when avoiding condemnation online is worth more than the truth, the truth will be swiftly discarded."
"Online likes, followers and reputation — weak, empty values — dominate the teenage world because teenagers are not being taught alternative ones by the culture or, often, by the adults in their lives. They — we — are not being given the tools to answer the questions that really matter: What is truth? What is justice? And what is the purpose of life?"
From "I'm 17. And I'm Immunized from Woke Politics. Here's how" by Daniel Idfresne (at the Bari Weiss Substack).
From "I'm 17. And I'm Immunized from Woke Politics. Here's how" by Daniel Idfresne (at the Bari Weiss Substack).
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Bari Weiss has become a good source for non-leftist information after leaving the NYTimes and settling on Substack.
Very impressive. Bari Weiss is doing good work, finding and highlighting people like this. We desperately need them.
I had my 12 year old read this last night. I picked out the same snippet you did.
My kids do not get a phone until they are 14. We only own one computer that is in our family room. My oldest was fine with these rules. My 12 year old is not. I have to keep showing him that we are immunizing him from the rest of the world. He's got to get used to being a weirdo among his peers.
This young man has been reading some Thomas Sowell. God bless him!
What's with this Oreo?
He can put two sentences together. WHY should we listen to someone acting white?
This kid is a rare jewel in the assortment of young people we have in our country today. He's a throwback to old-style learning for learning's sake, not for the purpose of furthering an agenda. I mean, how many his age read Thomas Sowell? For that matter, how many of our leaders do?
His parents had a vision for him, a goal, and the will to put him on this path. He is light years ahead of most and will have the opportunity to have a productive, successful life, one generation removed from life in Haiti.
Impressive parents. Impressive young man.
This is what a free person looks and sounds like.
Interesting kid >>> he has identified the root of collectivist thought in Rousseau.
and if you pull that thread out some more >>> you come to Kant : whose idol was Rousseau.
Kant started "Critical" Philosophy which we are now seeing many offshoots
"I'm 17. And I'm Immunized from Woke Politics. Here's how"
Don't say anything controversial, that's how.
In his discussion of Brooklyn Tech he (purposely?) missed his chance to point out that race is the best predictor of academic performance, which is why 60% of that school's students are Asians, who make up about 10% of Brooklyn's general population.
Instead he parroted an anodyne falsehood: "I think the truth is simpler: those who prioritize education will get in."
The kid is doing all right.
But one has to wonder if his thoughts are all that grounded. I went through some turbulence after 17.
Eventually, most of what I believed at 17 remained, but some crucial foundational parts did not.
Yes! - a wonderful young man extolling the virtues of discipline, hard work and a studious mind open to debate…
‘The conventional wisdom among liberals these days is that different admission rates along racial lines must necessarily be the result of systemic oppression. I think the truth is simpler: those who prioritize education will get in.’
Once a certain LLR sees this, a security watch around this young man may need to be established. Our resident LLR's do not like to see this kind of thinking on the part of minority students.
Q "What is truth? What is justice?"
A: The American Way.
I agree with what Owen said: Very impressive. Bari Weiss is doing good work...
This is what journalism can do at its best, highlighting individuals in all their particularity, not bolstering a "narrative" that's been pre-determined.
The 17-year-old deserves encouragement (not least because he gives plenty of it). I was pretty smart myself at that age, but he has it all over me.
I got about six minutes in--nothing against him or his views, I guess I just don't like listening to youngsters for very long.
When I was in Geneva in 1978, I payed a special, sneering visit to the Rousseau statue.
Nice place, Geneva.
Sure, Rousseau (or his followers and imitators) appealed to surly French workingmen and shopkeepers who didn't like aristocrats, but today, he seems more associated with surly teenagers and slackers. Today's left wants a degree of organization and subordination that probably wouldn't appeal to him.
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