The Culture Code

Some exciting news! I’ve joined Skeptic’s editorial team as contributing editor and will be writing a new column for them, "Brodsky’s Culture Code"—searching for reason and nuance behind the boldest headlines. A big task, I know.

It’s a great fit, given the values I seek to uphold and Skeptic’s dedication to rationality, and bringing an evidence-based, non-partisan approach to complex issues and topics ranging from AI/technology to science and cultural issues. Extraordinary claims, in particular, deserve extraordinary evidence. Led by executive director and EIC Michael Shermer, Skeptic's editorial board includes the likes of Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, John Gribbin, and other noted scientists, scholars, psychologists, and authors. So I’m thrilled to be in such good company and encourage you to subscribe to both the print magazine and the newly relaunched web-version.

My first column is, fittingly, focused on the future of common sense:

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