I Write Funny Nonfiction Adventure

Somebody Told Me, “twitter Hates Tabloids, But Twitter Is Constantly Acting Like A Tabloid, Repeating The Mistakes Of The Things We’re Hoping To Better.” Twitter Wanted To Become A More Egalitarian Justice System, But Instead It Became A Draconian One.

On Social Media There's This Thing Where On Many Occasions, There's A Single Proscribed Way Of Acting. Like If Somebody Dies, Everyone Has To Say "r.i.p.! R.i.p.!" Basically They're Saying, "don't Hurt Me, I'm A Good Person."

When I Asked Robert Spitzer About The Possibility That He'd Inadvertently Created A World In Which Ordinary Behaviours Were Being Labelled Mental Disorders, He Fell Silent. I Waited For Him To Answer. But The Silence Lasted Three Minutes. Finally He Said, 'i Don't Know.

It Is An Awful Lot Harder, Tony Told Me, To Convince People You're Sane Than It Is To Convince Them You're Crazy.

I Think If Somebody Is So Set In Their Ways About What They Feel About Something - And You Get This A Lot In Academia, Of Course, And Also Different Sorts Of Journalism Too - You're Going To Sweep Under The Carpet The Facts That Don't Suit Your Thesis. And I Think That Happens Quite A Lot In The Courtroom, For Instance.