Social
On the Beating of Children and Other Apparently Fine Things
Being a kid is just like having a regular 9-to-5 job, but you also may get your ass kicked.
6 min readAll issues
Social
Pushing Bundles Of Thoughts Out Your Mouth
On some level, the entire problem of communication is the difficulty of pushing complex bundles of inter-related thoughts through your mouth.
3 min read
Social
In Praise of Jock Values
In high school there are jocks and nerds, and if you're reading this I'm going to assume you were the latter.
4 min read
Science
One of the Biggest Stories of the Century Happened, We Just Don’t Know Which
There's only 3 possibilities, and all of them are bananas.
5 min read
Social
We Picked Right with Einstein
Our intellectual role model should be the most moral person we can find that’s at least passable as a “smart person”. What we got is a moral sage that’s passable as the most influential mind of all time.
4 min read
Social
Rags-to-Riches of the Century: Francis Ngannou
He nearly bled to death in the desert and crossed the Mediterranean on a pool toy. It'd be movie-worthy if he became an accountant in Cleveland, but instead, he became World Champion.
13 min read
Social
Common Pretense
Nobody is fooled, and nobody is fooled about anyone else's fooled-ness.
2 min read
Social
Personal Export Subsidies
Can the secret to South Korea's economic development also help your teenager?
7 min read
Productivity
If the Present is Better than the Past, Bias Towards Action
If the mean human action has been positive, the base rate is a positive expected value.
1 min read