Podcast Episodes

Your Book Review: The Educated Mind

[This is one of the finalists in the 2023 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I’ll be…

3 years, 1 month ago

Contra The Social Model Of Disability

What is the Social Model Of Disability? I’ll let its proponents describe it in their own words (emphases and line breaks mine)

The Social Model Of Di…

3 years, 1 month ago

Why Match School And Student Rank?

Matt Yglesias’ five-year old son asks: why do we send the top students to the best colleges? Why not send the weakest students to the best colleges, …

3 years, 1 month ago

Your Book Review: Secret Government

Finalist #8 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 anonym…

3 years, 1 month ago

Links For July 2023

[Remember, I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in …

3 years, 1 month ago

Tales Of Takeover In CCF-World

Machine Alignment Monday, 7/3/2023

Tom Davidson’s Compute-Centric Framework report forecasts a continuous but fast AI takeoff, where people hand cont…

3 years, 1 month ago

Your Book Review: Safe Enough?

[This is one of the finalists in the 2023 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I’ll be…

3 years, 2 months ago

Is There An Illusion Of Moral Decline?

[Epistemic status: very uncertain about Part II; more convinced about Part III]

I.

This is the big question in the paper du jour, The Illusion Of Mor…

3 years, 2 months ago

Sure, Whatever, Let's Try Another Contra Caplan On Mental Illness

I.

Bryan Caplan thinks he’s debating me about mental illness. He’s not. Sometimes he posts some thoughts he has been having about mental illness, wit…

3 years, 2 months ago

Every Flashing Element On Your Site Alienates And Enrages Users

Warning: This post might give vulnerable people new sensory sensitivities

Everyone hates flashing banner ads, but maybe they’re a necessary evil. …

3 years, 2 months ago