Rob Henderson

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  • Dec 8, 2025
    Human beings are high-fidelity imitators. For most of human history, our ancestors looked around and copied whoever seemed to be doing something effectively. If a hunter or fisherman...
  • Sep 22, 2025
    In America, we love a rags-to-riches tale. Think of Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish immigrant who rose from bobbin boy to steel magnate; Oprah Winfrey, who grew up poor in...
  • Sep 8, 2025
    Cancel culture is fading. But this isn’t because people have suddenly become more tolerant. Rather, the hunting ground has changed and the prey have learned to hide. Asked...
  • Feb 17, 2025
    The first time I visited New York, in 2014, I was still on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. I stopped to visit the 9/11 memorial. It was under construction and heavily guarded by...
  • Feb 3, 2025
    Meta is ending fact-checking and removing restrictions on speech across Facebook and Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, its CEO, recently announced, calling the move an attempt to...