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This is a content-farm piece based on the actual article by Wilson, which is here:

http://www.aperture.org/magazine-2013/andrew-norman-wilson-w...

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The New Inquiry is not a content farm by any stretch of the imagination, and labelling it as such is derogatory.

Perform due diligence[1] please before making such a claim.

[1] http://thenewinquiry.com/about-tni-magazine/

>The New Inquiry is not a content farm by any stretch of the imagination

I have yet to encounter any significant or substantial original idea on that site. For the most part they give a superficial and pedestrian (if sometimes peculiar) ideological gloss to random cultural ephemera. I think this describes a higher-register version of Buzzfeed, at least.

Yikes. There are a remarkable collection of writers on that site such as Rob Horning.

Contemporary and readable, with some decent depth to explore further.

I am surprised at the comparison.

I don't think this particular article is any good, but you should give the New Inquiry another chance. Their stuff varies widely, but the presence of people like Teju Cole means that they publish good stuff sometimes:

http://thenewinquiry.com/author/teju-cole/

Thanks, I'll give him a glance (Rob Horning as well).

It references Wilson's work, and thank you for providing the link, but it really isn't a content-farm piece. It's a critical essay that addresses women and labor in the tech industry.

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