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J. W. Traphagan is a Professor in Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas, Austin. His most recent book is Embracing Uncertainty: Future Jazz, That 13th Century Buddhist Monk, and the Invention of Cultures.

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opinion

Why We Love Taking Part in Online Pile-Ons

BURN, PEOPLE, BURN

When you’re performing how righteous you are—and how wrong the bad person is—the viciousness is the point.

George Styles, J. W. Traphagan | Published Jul 30, 2023
opinion

The Next College Campus Scandal Will Be Written By AI

MORE, MORE, MORE

Researchers facing pressure from higher education administrators and publishers are using OpenAI to write their papers. This will produce worse work, and lots more of it.

J. W. Traphagan | Published May 26, 2023
opinion

Sanitizing ‘Problematic’ Old Books Doesn’t Protect Anyone

REWRITING HISTORY’S NOVELS

How will modern readers know the good, the bad, and the ugly of the past’s authors and prose if we won’t let them read it?

J. W. Traphagan | Published May 05, 2023
opinion

I’m a Boomer. Young People Don’t Have Much to Learn From Us.

SUNSET OF THE OLDS

Age and experience don’t necessarily mean we have unique insights into a completely different world than the one in which we grew up.

J. W. Traphagan | Published Dec 11, 2022
opinion

Here’s Why You Need to Get Hated on Twitter

HATERS GONNA HATE

You will lose followers, your beliefs will be challenged, but you may just improve society along the way.

George Styles, J. W. Traphagan | Published Dec 03, 2022

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