Topic: Dorian Abbott

Bari Weiss discusses the "transformation of sense-making institutions" and the rise of pervasive self-censorship in media and academia. She cites the cancellation of geophysicist Dorian Abbott at MIT as an example of how "disinformation by omission" and Twitter mobs narrow the scope of acceptable public discourse. Weiss argues that institutional cowardice allows a small minority of ideological zealots to dictate policy through reputational damage.