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Back to SearchContra Smith On Jewish Selective Immigration
Episode 502
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/contra-smith-on-jewish-selective
Noah Smith asks whether Jews are really disproportionately successful.
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5 years, 2 months ago
Your Book Review: How Children Fail
Episode 501
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-how-children-fail
[This is the sixteenth of seventeen finalists in the book review contest.…
5 years, 2 months ago
Your Book Review: Down And Out In Paris And London
Episode 500
[This is the fifteenth of seventeen finalists in the book review contest. It’s not by me - it’s by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until afte…
5 years, 2 months ago
Drug Users Use A Lot Of Drugs
Episode 499
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/drug-users-use-a-lot-of-drugs
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If you look at any list of side effects for the FDA-approved version of s-k…
5 years, 2 months ago
I Will Not Eat The Bugs
Episode 498
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/i-will-not-eat-the-bugs
From the comments on Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef:
As far as moral concern goes, I…
5 years, 2 months ago
Instead Of Pledging To Change The World, Pledge To Change Prediction Markets
Episode 497
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/instead-of-pledging-to-change-the
In April, Joe Biden pledged to halve US emissions (from their 2005 max) by…
5 years, 2 months ago
Your Book Review: Where's My Flying Car?
Episode 496
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-wheres-my-flying
[This is the fourteenth of many finalists in the book review contest. It’s…
5 years, 2 months ago
Your Book Review: The Collapse Of Complex Societies
Episode 495
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-collapse-of
[This is the thirteenth of many finalists in the book review contest. It’s …
5 years, 2 months ago
Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef
Episode 494
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/moral-costs-of-chicken-vs-beef
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5 years, 2 months ago
What Do Treatments For Accelerated Aging Tell Us About Normal Aging?
Episode 493
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/what-do-treatments-for-accelerated
Progeria is a rare disease that makes people age unnaturally quickly. Bab…
5 years, 2 months ago