"In 2018, Bari Weiss, then an opinion columnist at the Times, wrote about the so-called Intellectual Dark Web, a loose "alliance of heretics" who were "making an end run around the mainstream conversation." Adherents were photographed for the article in literally dark settings: glowering out from under an umbrella, perched amid mossy branches, standing half-obscured by bushes. Though they came from different ideological backgrounds, Weiss wrote, these figures-including Eric Weinstein, the managing director of Peter Thiel's venture-capital fund, who had "half-jokingly" coined the movement's name;"
"Though they came from different ideological backgrounds, Weiss wrote, these figures-including Eric Weinstein, the managing director of Peter Thiel's venture-capital fund, who had "half-jokingly" coined the movement's name; Joe Rogan, an "MMA color commentator and comedian" with a hugely popular podcast; and Jordan Peterson, the already best-selling philosopher-felt they had been ostracized by legacy media outlets in the Trump era for voicing reasonable opinions."
The Intellectual Dark Web was depicted as a loose alliance of contrarian figures photographed in dark, moody settings. Members included venture-capital manager Eric Weinstein, podcaster Joe Rogan, and psychologist Jordan Peterson, who felt ostracized by legacy media during the Trump era. Positions ranged from claims that free speech was under attack and belief in biological gender differences to opposition to enforced veiling. Many members built independent channels. The portrayal expressed sympathy while cautioning against amplifying figures whose views one might oppose. The individual had earlier left the Wall Street Journal after 2016, joined the Times, and later resigned, accusing colleagues of cowering before Twitter orthodoxies and bullying.
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