The Supposedly Seminal Debates Of 2022

Channeling the New York Times, with context.

The New York Times has a feature on the 22 biggest debates of 2022, and here they are for elucidation:

• Masks
• The Chris Rock slap
• Whether the January 6th committee had a purpoe
• Crime overall
• The Queen’s legacy
• Twitter, Elon, and what constitutes free speech
• The validity of crypto (and the validity of all-knowing billionaires)
• Student loan forgiveness
• Depp-Heard
• The role of the Supreme Court
• Transgender youth
• What did the midterms mean?
• The role of protests
• Inflation
• Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan / Pelosi’s legacy period
• How hard should school be?
• How far will AI go?
• Affirmative action
• Ukraine
• Who gets to argue about human rights? (“Shut up and dribble” argument)

That’s their broader list. I’d say that list is mostly good, although some are kinda comical. Depp-Heard shouldn’t be…