James Poulos, The New York Times

James Poulos

The New York Times

Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Past:
  • The New York Times
  • The Federalist
  • The Week
  • The Daily Beast
  • The New Atlantis
  • The Atlantic
  • National Review
  • Forbes
  • VICE

Past articles by James:

How Cryptocurrency Can Keep Americans Free

The confluence of tech and finance has produced a nascent soft social credit system. Digital currency may be the only way out. → Read More

Nationalism Is Not Our Biggest Threat, Technocracy Is

Nationalism is back as a burning issue not because of modern demagoguery or ancient hatreds but because of the triumph of technology over everyday life. → Read More

Sorry, white people: Black women are not trying to save you

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If Trump goes down, everyone wins

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China's digital nightmare

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The Incel Movement Isn’t Really About Demanding A Right To Sex

The core of the incel issue isn’t related to rights at all. Rather than the nature of a right to sex, what’s at stake is the nature of a duty to die. → Read More

Facebook’s Existential Crisis Isn’t What You Think It Is

If it’s too exciting, it breaks our society. Too boring, it breaks its business model. It’s hard for an addiction machine to get it just right, so Zuck wants the feds to step in. → Read More

Why Amazon Is Buying Up All Those Cryptocurrency URLs

Amazon-watchers have shivered with anticipation as the company bought web domains like amazonbitcoin.com. Is it brand protection? A head fake? → Read More

What we're getting wrong about campus free speech

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The fascinating history of populism

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What made Roman concrete so great?

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America's failure in Afghanistan is going to be worse than Vietnam

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Today's Global Elites Are The Reason Imperialism Is Back

In the new world disorder, empire is the ultimate safe space. Imperialism is endemic to both globalists and their nationalist counterparts. → Read More

Why The World Of The Image Destabilizes The West

We proudly assumed our culture would be best at living in the new digital, image-based world we created. Were we wrong? Perhaps. → Read More

Of course language is essential to class. Take it from an Englishman.

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The hard truths of Mosul's 'liberation'

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Righteous tweeting is a dumb way to combat gun violence

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Will cable news punditry die with Roger Ailes?

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How police use 'stingray' devices to secretly track your phone

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Trump's first 100 days were not a failure. Far from it.

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