Tag: Jon Ronson

• How to ‘Win Bigly’? Have no shame

  Until about two years ago I knew Scott Adams only as the Dilbert guy. But once he started accurately predicting Donald Trump’s unconventional political path using the lenses of persuasion and hypnotism, gaining critics along the way but scoring on predictions over and over when most everyone else was aghast at Trump’s successes, I figured…

  Feb 6, 2018

  # book notes, books, Dilbert, Donald Trump, hypnotism, John McCain, Jon Ronson, persuasion, politics, review, Scott Adams, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

• How to Win My Vote

  My first presidential vote was in 2008 for Barack Obama. It’s a vote I will never regret, despite the mixed results of the Obama administration. But in 2012 I didn’t vote to re-elect Obama, despite being generally supportive of his presidency and against the prospect of Mitt Romney. I voted for the libertarian candidate Gary…

  Mar 1, 2016

  # America, Benghazi, Black Lives Matter, Democrats, Donald Trump, gun control, Hamilton, Hillary Clinton, Jon Ronson, Koch brothers, Planned Parenthood, police, politics, presidents, Republicans, Second Amendment

• Make Yourselves Whole Again: On ‘Dataclysm’ and ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’

  In a sloppy but understandable attempt at satire, Justine Sacco tweeted: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Then she got on a long plane ride to South Africa. During the flight her tweet went viral, enraging the easily enraged bastions of social media and catapulting the hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet around…

  Jun 5, 2015

  # books, Christian Rudder, Dataclysm, dating, Internet, Jon Ronson, Justine Sacco, OkCupid, privacy, review, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, social media, synchronicity, technology, Twitter