Fundamental Freedoms
Co-Founded and Produced by Steve Burgess & David Sabine.
Only in Canada’s darkest moments has its governments contemplated intentional segregation of citizens — it is happening again in 2021 under the name "Vaccine Passport"
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Young & Stupid
I remember how righteous I felt... as if I were symbolically defending humanity itself from the ignorance and racism that threatened to oppress and harm countless individuals. My twenty-one-year-old heart was practically bursting...
We Need More Hackers
Instead of resigning himself to the idea that “you can’t fight City Hall”, Swartz determined to do something about it. He organized like-minded friends and colleagues.
Oops... I Did it Again!
My overinflated sense of self-importance was telling me I had to act quickly. I had my chart, but what kind of comment would really galvanize this audience? Should I be polite and reserved, or witty and incendiary?
Meditations on a Hanging Scale
I tried to imagine a scenario where we could pile all of the monumental consequence of this pandemic on one side of the scale, and the consequences of mitigation efforts on the other.
Roe v. Wade, Binary Thinking, and Loving the Gridlock
But as I reflected for a moment, I realized that beyond some vague idea of “a supreme court decision that legalized abortion”, I had absolutely no idea what Roe v. Wade was, or what it contained.
The Harder We Pull
There’s nothing more pathetic than a pseudointellectual pretending to be Plato, but I will risk the ridicule anyway.