Hal Conick·Oct 20, 2017Feeling Old Before We’re Old“We’re getting pretty old, aren’t we?” When I was 25, a woman I was dating said this to me. It was the first time I had ever considered…
Hal Conick·Oct 9, 2017On: An Awful March for Science MemeA meme posted by March for Science — one that was liked more than 27,000 times and shared more than 20,000 times on Facebook, a number of…A response icon1A response icon1
Hal Conick·Oct 7, 2017What the hell is a writing voice, anyway?I’m not a boring asshole, but you might think I’m one if you read my writing.
Hal Conick·Oct 6, 2017The Potential Fake News Havoc of Video Manipulation“Fake news” has been made into a near-banality. Given every opportunity, President Donald Trump has used the term as a cudgel against…
Hal Conick·Oct 4, 2017Should Journalists Name Mass Murderers?An open letter written by crime scholars, professors, and law enforcement officials came across my feed today. The letter contained an…
Hal Conick·Oct 4, 2017Is There an Ethical Argument for Eating Meat?A while back, my good friend Virak told me that a client once hit him with this: “What do you eat in your culture, dogs?”
Hal Conick·Oct 1, 2017thinking and the red flag of hyperboleHyperbole is the deepest red of all the red flags. Every time I’m certain, I know that I’ve fucked up. “Yeah, it’s the best,” “Oh, for…
Hal Conick·Oct 1, 2017killing the child to make the adultThat’s your problem. You’re always thinking that there’s some moment when you start to feel like an adult and everything comes into focus…
Hal Conick·Aug 13, 201710 Ways to Bolster a Better Society in the Internet EraThe Ten Commandments could be more useful. I hope this doesn’t immediately turn off every Christian, Catholic, or Jewish reader, but do you…
Hal Conick·Aug 10, 2017Nuclear War’s Rain of Ruin Can’t Happen AgainIn 2007, I visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki to study the two nuclear bombs the U.S. military dropped on these cities. The bombs ended World…
