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Intellectual Dark Web

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A network of public intellectuals and podcasters associated with discussing controversial topics outside mainstream discourse, often hosting cancelled celebrities.

Mentions (4)
"There was an after party with some of who's who of Anna K adjacent Twitter. None from the Intellectual Dork Web, thankfully."
My thoughts on the debate · u/blackstonewine · ↑160 · 2023-09-14
"Since the movie started with that Q&A with Gopnik, I assumed it'd end with her going on some intellectual dark web guy's podcast to talk about how the woke classical music scene cancelled her. But I guess she has too much self respect for that to make sense as an ending."
Tár should have ended with her going on Joe Rogan · u/CompleteLandscape791 · ↑87 · 2023-03-14
"It does seem like the standards have fallen - most of that 'intellectual dark web' was full of glorified pundits."
Are there any "public intellectuals" who are not grifters? · u/OnamujiOnamuji · ↑72 · 2022-10-30
"But then in the late 2010s, there was a vibe shift. intellectual dark web types started gaining traction, and getting a *lot* more exposure than they used to. You started to see the Thiel-funded 'free thinkers' carve out a place in the social woodwork, and this was also when Elon Musk started being "
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