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Just read the Damn Book of All Hours- my (losing) entry for Scott Alexander's book review contest
Note: This review is of both “Vellum” and “Ink”, books one and two of the Book of All Hours respectively. However, I only had time to reread Vellum in…
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Results of the survey on Dark Secrets, part one
A little while ago via this blog, I released a survey in which I asked people to answer some questions relating to dark secrets and their experience of…
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May 26
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A theory and a musical request
My musical request is to ask- are any of my Substack followers musically trained and interested in collaborating on a musical project? I want to work on…
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May 16
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Miscellaneous thoughts on the right wing of politics
Conservatives and children 1- I cannot prove this, but I strongly suspect conservatives view having children as a way to cheat death, much more so than…
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May 15
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The Dark Secrets Survey is out
Hi all As I previously flagged in a post, I am running a survey about dark secrets. The survey is now out, and you can find it here. Be warned, parts of…
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May 10
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Secrets and songs, what I'm working on at the moment
I ran a poll on Twitter, asking people whether they had any “skeletons in their closet” that could ruin their reputation if they came out. 33% of people…
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May 5
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Why I don't think identity verification will save us from the coming bot-swarm
I wrote an article a couple of days ago tracing out the implications of medium term AI. One of my predictions was that we’re going to be inundated with…
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May 4
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This is it: The medium term future in AI and how the left-wing should respond
We need to start treating AI development, and its potential impact on the possibility of a humane world, as seriously as we treat climate change. I’m…
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Apr 30
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Hot takes, hot takes, get em' like hot cakes
Hot takes, hot takes, get em' like hot cakes
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Apr 28
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Two reasons why it's easier to find an audience for writing on the basis of different experiences than novel ideas
Maybe it’s my imagination, but if the two basic pitches for a non-fiction bit of media are “I have a different experience” and “I have a novel idea”, it…
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Mar 30
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Twitter -or at least a portion thereof- is an honour culture
Hey, I guess this is a pop culture blog now
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Mar 29
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The big problem with the left
The title is a lie, I’m not going to tell you the big problem with the left- not exactly, or at least not in a particularly useful way. Wishing people…
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Mar 28
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