The Age of Guilt by Mark EdmundsonHow did the Internet, which began as a place for open thought and exchange, become a forum for cruelty and judgment? Mark Edmundson views contemporary culture and discourse through Freud's concept of the super-ego, the moralistic and frequently irrational inner judge. One way to (temporarily) mitigate the self-judgment of the super-ego is to aim it outward instead, judging and even punishing others for supposed infractions. Naturally these targets fight back, resulting in a cascade of bitterness and even hatred. Edmundson traces the destructive passion of the super-ego on politics, race, gender, class, education, and more.