Robert Emil Soave Jr.(, ) is an American journalist who is a senior editor for '' Reason.'' He is the author of two books: ''Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump'' (2019) and ''Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future'' (2021). Soave was born in Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan. In 2015, he won a Southern California Journalism Award from the

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for his writing about the '' Rolling Stone'' story "

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". He was named in '' Forbes'' ' "30 under 30" list in 2016. In 2019, he gained media attention for his writings defending the

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students involved in the Lincoln Memorial confrontation. He lives in

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with his wife, where he serves on the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In Soave's first book, ''Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump,'' he profiles young

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activists as well as those on the political right, and discusses issues such as intersectionality,

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, and free speech on college campuses. Writing in '' The Guardian'', reviewer J. Oliver Conroy called ''Panic Attack'' "a methodical, earnest and often insightful work of reporting and analysis, not a fiery polemic." In his second book, ''Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future'', Soave questions conventional wisdom about the negative effects of social media, and argues that increased regulation of platforms like Twitter and Facebook could stifle free speech and do more harm than good.

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