I. A few years ago I had lunch with another psychiatrist-in-training and realized we had totally different experiences with psychotherapy. We both got the same types of cases. We were both practici…| Slate Star Codex
On the topic of WGTOW… It’s The Map™!| Derek L. Ramsey
Who is this God Person Anyway?| www.edwest.co.uk
Plus, the New York City mayor’s race — and whether win probability models are broken.| www.natesilver.net
Can RFK Win the 2028 Republican Nomination?| www.richardhanania.com
There’s something called wilderness therapy that offers a distinctive approach to helping troubled young people: make them live outside for a couple of months, camping and backpacking with therapists and a small group of peers.| brinklindsey.substack.com
I. Albion’s Seed by David Fischer is a history professor’s nine-hundred-page treatise on patterns of early immigration to the Eastern United States. It’s not light reading and not…| Slate Star Codex
Polarization, populism, and perspective| www.conspicuouscognition.com
Wanna create a new form of homeschooling together?| losttools.substack.com
Previously:| deathisbad.substack.com
It’s not just Republicans who are at risk of epistemic closure.| www.natesilver.net
[Note: I really liked this book and if I criticize it that’s not meant as an attack but just as what I do with interesting ideas. Note that Robin has offered to debate me about some of this a…| Slate Star Codex
A Vision for the Future| pratyushbuddiga.substack.com
I. Someone recently linked me to Bryan Caplan’s post A Hardy Weed: How Traditionalists Underestimate Western Civ. He argues that “western civilization”‘s supposed defenders …| Slate Star Codex
[Trigger warning: Some discussion of rape in Part III. This will make much more sense if you’ve previously read I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup] I. One day I woke up and they had …| Slate Star Codex
I. Some old news I only just heard about: PETA is offering to pay the water bills for needy Detroit families if (and only if) those families agree to stop eating meat. Predictably, the move caused …| Slate Star Codex
Thucydides predicted that future generations would underestimate the power of Sparta. It built no great temples, left no magnificent ruins. Absent any tangible signs of the sway it once held, memor…| Slate Star Codex