The fallen crypto CEO on what went wrong, why he did what he did, and what lies he told along the way.| Vox
(public policy) The principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood.| Wiktionary
How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosper| press.princeton.edu
Authors Note: I said in my previous post that the next would be about systems to build common knowledge. That post is running very much behind schedule, so I'll be publishing others in the meantime.| www.thelastrationalist.com
Let me tell you a story. When I was a young man, I lived for a time as an itinerant gambler, wandering the Russian countryside to engage my fellows in games of chance. Although I was known to gamble on cards, dice, and animals, my favorite game was played with...| jacobbuckman.com
[Previously in sequence: Epistemic Learned Helplessness] I. “Culture is the secret of humanity’s success” sounds like the most vapid possible thesis. The Secret Of Our Success by …| Slate Star Codex
I. Seeing Like A State is the book G.K. Chesterton would have written if he had gone into economic history instead of literature. Since he didn’t, James Scott had to write it a century later.…| Slate Star Codex