About Ted Balaker
About Shiny Herd
Shiny Herd offers an insider’s view on the hidden side of groupthink in entertainment, media, and more. The newsletter supports open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in entertainment and media (that phrasing might sound familiar to those in the Heterodox Academy orbit. ) Shiny Herd is delivered on Tuesdays.
Stay updated on my forthcoming feature documentary, “The Coddling of the American Mind” (based on the bestselling book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt).
I hope I’m mature enough to admit when I’m wrong, and you can help by making your criticism constructive. Think about how you would be most receptive to criticism from a friend, then act accordingly.