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200 Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai. That's Not the Story.
The graduates were on their feet before Sundar Pichai got out a syllable.
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The Last Thing a Dying Republic Loses Is Its Memory.
The alarm is loud. The question is whether we've heard it before. Why I write history when everyone else wants hot takes.
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When Britain Ended Slavery, It Compensated the Slave Owners
Britain abolished slavery in 1833, but the people who received compensation were the slaveholders. The debt from those payments lasted until 2015.
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Apple Used to Mock Gatekeepers. Then It Became One.
In the spring of 2006, two men stood against a blank white wall and argued about who they were.
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The Problem With History: It Writes Everything Down
After losing everything in a gambling debt, Geoffrey Chaucer discovered something power still struggles to understand.
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The Real Story Isn't Trump's Ban. It's What Came After.
In January of 2021, two days after a mob came through the Capitol, Twitter did something no company had ever done to a sitting American president.
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Why Powerful People Fear Those With Nothing Left to Lose
A mob boss, a clown, and a lesson about power. What happens when the incentives that control everyone else suddenly fail?
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Genny Harrison
Mostly Tolkien, sometimes other books and films. I write about Gandalf, Elrond, Éomer, Faramir and more, not as escape but as clarity. Middle-earth shows how power, collapse, and hope work, and why these stories still matter now.
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