“the irrational decision” by Ben Recht
Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking
A core component of making great decisions is understanding previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.
Why major life decisions should be approached with ‘epistemic humility’ | Psyche Videos
At a crossroads in life? No matter how much you deliberate, one unknowable remains: the person you will be on the other side
“If you keep your mind too open, your brain falls out”: interview with theoretical ecologist Chuliang Song
Welcome to our latest interview with the author of a recent(ish) interesting paper. Today’s interview is with theoretical ecologist Chuliang Song. I asked Chuliang about Song & Levine 202…
The Backward Mentality to Finding Victory - Mockingbird
It Doesn't Always Pay to Be a Thinker
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
A book that redefines both family and narrative for the…
The Imperfectionist: Interest is everything
Interest is everything Each time I sit down to choose a topic for this newsletter, there’s a moment when my self-important inner judge – who loves to involve himself in such mat...
Overthinker
RESPONSES TO THE CALIFORNIAN IDEOLOGY BY CELIA PEARCE
The publication of 'The Californian Ideology' has inspired an impassioned debate over the issues raised by the article. Here is a selection of some of the most interesting responses to the piece:
The Irrational Decision
How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment
The Mind in the Wheel – Prologue: Everybody Wants a Rock
We who have nothing to “wind string around” are lost in the wilderness. But those who deny this need are “burning our playhouse down.” If you put quotes around certain words it sounds more like a m…
Never has this passage from my favorite Vonnegut book seemed more relevant.
"...I think it's a heartless government that will let one baby be born owning a big piece of the country, the way I was born, and let another baby be…
Meditations on Machinic Desire
The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1993 essay Machinic Desire, three of the most insight-dense paragraphs I’ve ever encountered:
Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ... - Freakonomics
Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ... - Freakonomics
"There is a contrast between my biological development, confidently realizing its in-built norm, and my fumbling psychological development, realizing partially..one among many apparently possible orders .. Learning what to want is the most radical, the most painful and the most creative art of life"
