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Band of Brothers? - Women on the Front Lines
A discussion of women in combat, with some weak steel-manning of the side I disagree with. Also many reflections on the miniseries and book "Band of…
Dec 12
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 3
WEIRD gods, intelligence, both natural and artificial, the (mis)management of savagery, two books on investing, anti-productivity, history to make you…
Dec 7
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 3
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November 2024
Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 2
AI skepticism—road-trips through rural China—the philosophy of grand strategy and leisure—Libertarianism—another mediocre business book—another amazing…
Nov 30
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 2
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A Review of Nate Silver: The Election and His Book "On the Edge"
He talks about the Village, and the River, but what we really need is a Redoubt.
Nov 22
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A Review of Nate Silver: The Election and His Book "On the Edge"
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Evaluating Epstein: Conspiracies and a Review of One Nation Under Blackmail
How does one evaluate the evidence for a conspiracy?
Nov 6
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October 2024
Short Fiction Book Reviews: Volume I
A strange YA story from Gaiman, an even stranger one from qntm, Arthur Miller being kind of sad, Richard Llewellyn being really sad, two pulpy but good…
Oct 29
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Short Fiction Book Reviews: Volume I
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AI and Forecasting
There are many areas where AI might appear to do great, but on deeper inspection it's actually awful. Forecasting is one of those areas and this is that…
Oct 24
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume I
Multiple books on ruminating without marinating—techniques drawn from Buddhism, Christianity, and Science! Also a review of Dumb Money (the book) and…
Oct 17
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume I
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Reviews of "Journey of the Mind" and "Against the Grain"
Book reviews from my post Superminds, States, and the Domestication of Humans
Oct 10
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Reviews of "Journey of the Mind" and "Against the Grain"
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Superminds, States, and the Domestication of Humans
How durable is the state? How resistant is it to being overthrown? How closely does it reflect our desires? Is it possible it has its own desires?
Oct 5
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September 2024
Review of DON'T DIE by Bryan Johnson
A narcissistic dialogue around ideas that are either annoyingly fractured or wholly unrealistic.
Sep 28
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Review of DON'T DIE by Bryan Johnson
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Short Book Reviews: Volume VIII
Gay subculture, conservative futurism, wokeism run amok, Werner Herzog at his herzogiest, the Holocaust, Russian lit, Kazuo Ishiguro, weird Canadians…
Sep 21
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Short Book Reviews: Volume VIII
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