The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

by Michiko Kakutani

“I liken the attacks on science to turning off the headlights,” he said. “We’re driving fast and people don’t want to see what’s coming up. Scientists—we’re the headlights.”

Some sci-fi, fandom, and gaming communities—having accepted run-of-the-mill anti-feminism—are beginning to espouse white-nationalist ideas. ‘Ironic’ Nazi iconography and hateful epithets are becoming serious expressions of anti-Semitism.”

“pretending to be what you are not, to hide your intentions is the most important technology of biological survival.”