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Highlights From The Comments On Last Week's Model Cities Post

Comments On The Solano County City

Ecorche writes:

The Public's Radio article has a map in it that gives a better idea of the location. It looks lik…

2 years, 11 months ago

Vote In The 2023 Book Review Contest

If you’ve read the finalists of this year’s book review contest, vote for your favorite here. Voting will stay open until Wednesday.

Thanks to a help…

2 years, 11 months ago

Contra Kirkegaard On Evolutionary Definitions Of Mental Illness

Emil Kirkegaard proposes a semi-objective definition of “mental illness”.

He’s partly responding to me, but I think he mangles my position; he seems …

2 years, 11 months ago

My Presidential Platform

The American people deserve a choice. They deserve a candidate who will reject the failed policies of the past and embrace the failed policies of the…

2 years, 11 months ago

Model City Monday 9/4/23: California Dreamin'

Tech moguls plan new city in Solano County

Guardian: Silicon Valley Elites Revealed As Buyers Of $800 Million In Land To Build Utopian City.

The spec…

2 years, 11 months ago

Your Book Review: Zuozhuan

Finalist #16 in the Book Review Contest

To tell the story of the fall of a realm, it’s best to start with its rise.

More than three thousand years ag…

2 years, 11 months ago

Here's Why Automaticity Is Real Actually

“Literal Banana” on Carcinization writes Against Automaticity, which they describe as:

An explanation of why tricks like priming, nudge, the placebo…

2 years, 11 months ago

Highlights From The Comments On Fetishes

Original post: What Can Fetish Research Tell Us About AI?

Table Of Contents:

1: Alternative Theories Of Fetishes
2: Comments Including Testable Pr…

2 years, 11 months ago

Mantic Monday 8/28/23

Superconductor autopsy -- Prediction mutual funds -- Flight delays

Sorry guys, LK-99 doesn’t work. The prediction markets have dropped from highs in …

3 years ago

Your Book Review: Why Nations Fail

Finalist #15 in the Book Review Contest

[This is one of the finalists in the 2023 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain…

3 years ago