Tag: Shaming
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How the Internet Ruined the Act of Shaming
In The Shame Machine, mathematician Cathy O’Neil provides an anecdote about George Wallace, the racist governor of Alabama shot down by a would-be assassin, then frequented in the hospital by Rep. Shirley Chisholm, a Black congresswoman. They ended up the two operating for president in 1972. Chisholm is a towering ethical figure. Wallace is not.…