Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
If someone says “because Jesus is real, we should overthrow the US government”, they would get dismissed as a religious nut. That sounds
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Book Review: Nadia's Antimemetics
Antimemetics is the study of ideas that resist spreading [0]. Ideas which are the opposite of memes. Rather than going viral, they go dar
On the Experience of Using a Guest Pass at an Elite Gym
You used to comfort yourself with the knowledge that social media is fake. But now the beautiful people are here, in person, all around y
Unpleasant Experiences Considered Pretty Fun
There’s a tradition of identifying aberrant behavior, posing a mystery around its existence, and using that as a jumping off point for sp
The Repugnant Conclusion Isn't
There is nothing bad in each of these lives; but there is little happiness, and little else that is good. The people in Z ne
Punching Utilitarians in the Face
A fun game for avowed non-utilitarians is to invent increasingly exotic thought experiments to demonstrate the sheer absurdity of utilita
Statistical Theodicy
[Contains spoilers for Unsong.] Since time immemorial, people have asked how evil can exist in a world created by an omni
Corporate Culture is the Final Holdout of Mainstream America
At the Atlantic, Derek Thompson wants to push back against the anti-work narrative . Contrary to what you may have heard, he <a href="htt
San Francisco Shoplifting: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
Some people argue that shoplifters in San Francisco are running rampant. I d
San Francisco Shoplifting: Prelude
You may have heard that there’s a shoplifting surge hitting San Francisco. Criminals are running wild, and thanks to bleeding-heart progr
Every Grant is also a Bounty
The people you see have a reputation. Some of them are high-status, some are low-status. Some have their reputation conferred upon by a h
You Can Get Fluvoxamine
[ TLDR: I paid $95 for a 10 minute video consultation with a doctor, told them I was depressed and wanted fluvoxamine, and got my pres
I'm Donating 90% of my Recent Income to Slime Mold Time Mold
Since quitting my job to blog full time, I didn’t make a lot of money until recently. As of last month, some readers are paying me to adv
Finance
Last century, since the end of the Cold War, economic criteria have come to rule our day-to-day lives, and humanity,
Is Time Working for or Against You?
You are standing at the foot of the mountain. We are all always at the foot. The speed of light is the foot of a moun
Make COVID Predictions, Take My Money: On Zvi, Bets and Taking Ideas Seriously
[Thanks to Charles Dillon (2.5x) and <a href="https://danfrank
Lea Degen on Cities, Optimism, and the Danger of Floating off With No Grip on Empirical Reality
I occasionally get emails from young people asking me what they should do with their lives, and implicitly asking how they can become wel
My Interview with Alex Berger
Early in my blogging career, my favorite growth metric was “number of @openphilanthropy.com addresses in my subscriber list”. For
Progress Studies Exegesis
I’m not convinced anyone has actually read Stubborn Attachments. I’ve seen all your reviews [1], but they seem to be of a different book
My Interview with Byrne Hobart for The Browser
In No One is Even Trying , I wrote: …take a look at Byrne Hob