Confessions of a Human Nerve Ending

Disclaimer: I’m not invested in securing tenure at a university, yet I do feel that my time working on my Master’s in Rhetoric was worthwhile. While my job as a mid-level manager at a community college doesn’t require that level of education, expending the effort to work full time and study was a way to stay engaged and keep my brain active. Background: I developed a sort of discipline that sitting in front of a computer most days rewards. I read a lot; I watch documentary films and various YouTube clips a lot. And as I sort of meandered my way through understanding the larger world as presented to me via the web, I, as predicted or delivered by the  algorithm on YouTube , became exposed to a broader variety of opinions ( Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, The Ruben Report, Bret Weinstein ) than my online circle of poet and progressive friends held or posted about on other social media platforms. It lead me to the NYTimes piece on the  Intellectual Dark Web . From the...