As we covered in the previous instalment, Demographics I: The Russian Cross Reversed?, fertility rates are not abnormally low by […]| Anatoly Karlin
What are the reasons behind the wealth and poverty of nations? Since this question has exercised the minds of thinkers […]| Anatoly Karlin
Where did it all go wrong in Russia? Maria Pevchikh explains how liberal "reformers" and oligarchs looted the Russian state, and then appointed a corrupt, nondescript Chekist to power to guarantee their own immunity and ill-gotten gains. The post Film Review: Traitors (Предатели) appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
The Kremlins Didn't Do It But Even If They Did Navalny Deserved It Anyway The post Navalny Died a Barin appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
Why I Used to Suck, and (Hopefully) Now Suck Even Harder The post Intellectual Restructuring appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
Oppenheimer (2023) ★★★ Although Oppenheimer is a solid and historically accurate film, it is overly long - making its missed opportunities all the more glaring - and the key dramatic tension rests on speculation that was considered entirely fictional long before 1945. The post Film Review: Oppenheimer appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
Barbie (2023) ★★★★★ This might be a "Woke" film, but it is Wokeness with a human cafe. The post Film Review: Barbie appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
Some modest suggestions for AI terminology of a fantastical nature The post Genies, Golems, Demiurge appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
The cryptocurrency space can provision a putative malevolent AI with discrete decentralized compute, storage, and opportunities for secure accumulation of cryptographic assets and social capital. Consequently, there might be an AI Control Trilemma: Ban further AI software development; cap hardware; criminalize crypto - pick two. The post AI x Crypto Risks, or: Is it TIME for Jail Szn? appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
The coming of AI has made Universal Basic Income a political and technological inevitability in the long-term, regardless of whether there are extensive attempts at AI control. The post UBI Is Programmed. (Like It or Not) appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
Twitter Space debate with Roko Mijic about feasibility and desirability of AI control. The post AI Safety Debate with Roko appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
In this podcast with Noah Carl, I make the case that a prolonged stalemate is programmed, assuming continued Russian mobilization prevents Ukrainian victory, and the materiel balance doesn't shift sharply to either party. The post The Z of History: 13 Months of Commentary appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
> Как Россия может еще выиграть... The post Как тебе такое, Илон Маск? appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
Wheel of Time: Season 1 (2022) ★ Rafe's adaptation of Robert Jordan's world of eternal return keeps your eyes glued to the screen just on account of how utterly bad and cringe it is.| Anatoly Karlin
Personal website of Anatoly Karlin, a blogger and intelligence researcher. Their main blog is at Elite Human Capital.| Anatoly Karlin
Sometimes, it is much simpler to expound upon one’s views on a subject by replying to and arguing against an […]| Anatoly Karlin
As human capital is so important for prosperity, it behoves us to know China’s in detail to assess whether it will continue converging on developed countries. Until recently the best data we had were disparate IQ tests (on the basis of which Richard Lynn’s latest estimate is an IQ of 105.8 in his 2012 book […]| Anatoly Karlin
Why the Right-Wing Ideology is Programmed to Keep Losing Until the End of Time| Anatoly Karlin
My Proud March from Russian Ultra-Nationalism to The Big Gay| Anatoly Karlin
Z Is The Last Letter in the Alphabet. What Were You Expecting?| Anatoly Karlin
Comments thread to "Intellectual Restructuring" post.| Anatoly Karlin
Less Butter and Fewer Friends, But More Guns As China's economy slows down ahead of expectations and it loses its luster abroad, it's hard power seems set to acquire a bigger profile.| Anatoly Karlin
Taking sides in vicious tribal conflicts is dumb as fuck and is going to boomerang back on you.| Anatoly Karlin
The Ukraine War will begin imminently, and Russian TOTAL VICTORY is programmed. Narrator...| Anatoly Karlin
The logical case for why war a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent.| Anatoly Karlin
Announcement of Departure from The Unz Review The Wheel Turns, Ages Come and Go, And Thus Dies the Russian Reaction| Anatoly Karlin
How Putin Created the Russian National State In the capstone to my Russia watching career, I argue that late Putinism has adopted the Russian nationalist program near wholesale. Or so it seemed at the time...| Anatoly Karlin