Gregory Clark

Sep 13, 2023 | quillette.com | Saul Zimet |Marco den Ouden |Gregory Clark

In a recent panel discussion at the Institute of Art and Ideas, internationally renowned Marxist professor Slavoj Žižek accused successful entrepreneurs of having become wealthy by privatizing resources that previously belonged to all of us.

Aug 27, 2023 | quillette.com | Frank Celia |Gregory Clark |Robert T. Fancher

Quitting alcohol is easy. People do it all the time. Staying sober long-term, however, is a different story. The average substance abuser quits 5.4 times before achieving prolonged sobriety, and that number is likely much higher among those who never get sober. Eighty-five percent of alcoholics relapse within the first year of abstinence. Forty to 60 percent relapse within a month. Even problem drinkers who receive liver transplants relapse at rates reported as high as nearly 50 percent.