Author Archives: Luke Ford

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).

Repro-Shabbat

Dennis Prager writes Feb. 21, 2023: The NCJW [National Council of Jewish Women] prepared a “Repro-Shabbat Playlist” on Spotify featuring such Jewish and holy songs as: “Bitch” (Meredith Brooks). “I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control & Beer)” (Two … Continue reading

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Epistemic Sabotage

People like Dennis Prager, in the words of Decoding The Gurus, "produce ersatz wisdom: a corrupt epistemics that creates the appearance of useful knowledge, but has none of the substance. …the guru is highly motivated to undertake epistemic sabotage; to … Continue reading

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The Andrew Breitbart Story

Ben Smith writes in his new book, Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral: * Huffington’s young protégé was Andrew Breitbart, who had worked in her rotating cast of researchers and assistants back when she … Continue reading

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The Baked Alaska Story

Ben Smith writes in his new book, Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral: * “The internet is ours,” Benny [Johnson] had said, and he had a point. Jonah and Nick and their editors—Peggy and … Continue reading

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The Israeli Mind: How the Israeli National Character Shapes Our World

Alon Gratch writes in this 2015 book: In one version, the victim continues to reexperience the traumatic event in nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, the startle response, and so on, while in the other, he numbs himself to any feelings and withdraws … Continue reading

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