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America And The Future
(I wrote this as a speech for a 4th of July celebration.)
Jul 4
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June 2024
The Fourth Form Of Government
Traditionally we think of government as coming in three forms. According to Polybius’s Histories, one of the most influential works in the Western…
Jun 12
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May 2024
Looking Beyond the Veil
In A Study of History, Arnold Toynbee the Younger says that every big religion or ideology starts as esoteric mysticism with profound, transformative…
May 1
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April 2024
Computers Are Overrated
Since the ancestors of homo sapiens first made tools out of rocks and sticks and grass, society has been transformed by the development of ever more…
Apr 24
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The DDoS Attack Of Academic Bullshit
Not long ago, during a discussion with a Zoomer colleague about how to find research material, I realized that he had never experienced internet search…
Apr 10
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How To Learn History
Everyone has a theory of history which forms the lens through which they see the world. For most people this is based on half-remembered high school…
Apr 3
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March 2024
Probability Is Not A Substitute For Reasoning
Several Rationalists objected to my recent “Against AGI Timelines” post, in which I argued that “the arguments advanced for particular timelines [to…
Mar 6
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February 2024
There Are More Things In Heaven And Earth
The celestial origin of meteoric iron had been recognized at an early date, although it was disregarded subsequently. A fall of meteorites in 644 B.C…
Feb 28
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The Three Chinese Civilizations
Historians usually divide the history of China into three rough periods, “Ancient China”, “Imperial China”, and “Modern China”. I don’t think this is…
Feb 21
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My Mom's Rules For Cults
I wasn’t the first person in my family to run off to San Francisco to join a movement of fringe countercultural weirdos that later somehow found itself…
Feb 7
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What's The Deal With The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution is the most important event in economic history, and naturally it gets a lot of attention. While James Watt’s steam engine…
Feb 1
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December 2023
Against AGI Timelines
Some of my friends have strong views on how long it will be until AGI is created. The best arguments on the subject establish that creating a…
Dec 28, 2023
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