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Creatures of Habit

From Our First Zombie President to Ling Ma’s Severance

December 17, 2020 • by Russ Castronovo

The main problem with zombies is that they lack self-awareness. The opening words of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals— “We are unknown to ourselves”—could serve as a zombie manifesto. Driven by little more than the impulse to consume, zombies shamble along from meal to meal without ever pausing to ...

‘Zombie ideas’ on US Immigration: A conversation with Professor Rubén Rumbaut on false ideas that will not die

Immigrants commit more crimes? Don't learn English? Hurt the U.S. economy? These are "zombie ideas"—false claims that refuse to die. Professor Rubén Rumbaut sets the record straight.