Slate Star Codex and The New York Times

Abstract

The blog Slate Star Codex and its comment threads were active parts of the intellectual life of the Silicon Valley community until its closing. The blog’s closure was prompted by a New York Times journalist refusing to respect the blog owner’s request to not reveal his real name in an article about the blog, despite the journalist’s claim that the newspaper’s policy requires the inclusion of such information. The blog owner argued that the publication of his real name would have negative consequences for him due to substantial hostility from the left wing toward the blog, partly due to an essay the blog owner wrote arguing against prevalent characterizations of former president Trump as being racist and homophobic. – AI-generated abstract.