Justin Smith-Ruiu


Justin Smith-Ruiu (formerly Justin E. H. Smith) is a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Université Paris Cité. He is the author of The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is and Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason, as well as academic monographs on Leibniz and Early Modern Philosophy.

Smith-Ruiu is a a contributor to The New York TimesHarper’sn+1, and The Point, and since 2020, has been sowing conspiracy and discord on his Substack, The Hinternet


  • Paranoia

    1 February 2025

    Why do so many artists and writers gravitate towards conspiracy and intrigue as a metaphor for aesthetics?

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