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Ben Kuhn
Gwern Branwen
Gwern — AI Safety
Artificial intelligence safety and alignment.
7 posts
Gwern — Anime
Anime criticism, Death Note analysis, and otaku culture.
11 posts
Gwern — Behavior Genetics
Embryo selection, heritability, and evolutionary genetics.
10 posts
Gwern — Cognition
Spaced repetition, dual n-back, IQ, and learning.
11 posts
Gwern — Computer Science
Turing completeness, archiving, sorting, and computing.
11 posts
Gwern — Crypto/Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency, darknet markets, and cryptography.
8 posts
Gwern — Decision Theory
Choice, optimization, prediction markets, and A/B testing.
7 posts
Gwern — Deep Learning
Neural network research, scaling, and architectures.
12 posts
Gwern — Design
Web design, typography, and visual style.
14 posts
Gwern — Docs
Archived documents and curated collections.
6 posts
Gwern — Docs: Anime
Archived anime essays and interviews.
8 posts
Gwern — Docs: Crypto
Archived cryptography and cryptocurrency documents.
5 posts
Gwern — Docs: NGE
Neon Genesis Evangelion production documents and interviews.
7 posts
Gwern — Docs: Science
Archived scientific papers and essays.
7 posts
Gwern — Domestic Cats
Catnip research, cat behavior, and feline science.
8 posts
Gwern — Economics
Economic analysis, copyright, and incentives.
10 posts
Gwern — Economics: Tech
Technology sector economics, complements, and Moore"s law.
8 posts
Gwern — Epistemology
Knowledge, belief, reasoning errors, and community design.
9 posts
Gwern — Fiction: Prose
Original short fiction and prose.
12 posts
Gwern — Fiction: Verse
Original poetry and verse.
8 posts
Gwern — Generative AI: Fiction
LLM creative writing and AI-generated fiction.
9 posts
Gwern — Generative AI: Image
Neural network image generation, GANs, and visual AI.
7 posts
Gwern — Generative AI: Poetry
AI-generated poetry and verse.
10 posts
Gwern — Haskell
Functional programming with Haskell.
9 posts
Gwern — Literary Criticism
Analysis of fiction, film, and narrative.
8 posts
Gwern — Meta-Science
Research methodology, replication, and scientific critique.
10 posts
Gwern — Notable
Curated notable essays from gwern.net.
10 posts
Gwern — Order Statistics
Selection, ranking, and finding the best.
9 posts
Gwern — Philosophy
Ethics, aesthetics, and philosophical inquiry.
11 posts
Gwern — Politics
Political analysis, terrorism, and social dynamics.
6 posts
Gwern — Popular
The most-read essays from gwern.net.
10 posts
Gwern — Practical
Practical advice: internet search, longevity, and daily life.
6 posts
Gwern — Psychology
Behavioral science, mental health, and cognitive biases.
12 posts
Gwern — QS
Quantified self experiments: nootropics, supplements, and self-tracking.
11 posts
Gwern — QS: Sleep
Sleep experiments: melatonin, modafinil, and Zeo data.
11 posts
Gwern — Statistics
Data analysis, forecasting, and statistical methods.
9 posts
Gwern — Wikipedia
Essays on Wikipedia editing, culture, and policy.
6 posts
Hyman Rickover
Rickover: Accountability
Rickover on financial accountability, public protection, and institutional honesty.
4 posts
Rickover: All Speeches
Every speech and writing from Admiral Hyman Rickover (1953-1982), delivered chronologically.
42 posts
Rickover: Education
Rickover on education, schools, and the life of the mind.
14 posts
Rickover: Energy
Rickover on energy, the environment, and diminishing resources.
5 posts
Rickover: Government
Rickover on accountability, governance, and the public interest.
8 posts
Rickover: Management
Rickover on managing large projects and doing a job well.
4 posts
Rickover: Navy
Rickover on naval engineering, nuclear power, and military leadership.
10 posts
Rickover: Society
Rickover on the individual, freedom, and the shape of civilization.
12 posts
Rickover: Technology
Rickover on technology, its promise, and its costs to society.
4 posts
Ivan Illich
ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind
Illich & Sanders on how literacy transformed Western consciousness and selfhood
8 posts
Celebration of Awareness
Ivan Illich's 1971 collection of essays on education, poverty, and institutional reform
12 posts
Deschooling Society
Ivan Illich's 1971 critique of institutionalized education and vision for learning webs
8 posts
Gender
Illich's 1982 critique of how industrial society replaced vernacular gender with economic sex
8 posts
In the Mirror of the Past
18 essays on education, silence, technology, and the body (1978-1990)
18 posts
Limits to Medicine
Ivan Illich's 1976 critique of modern medicine and its iatrogenic effects on health
11 posts
Shadow Work
Ivan Illich's 1981 critique of unpaid labor and the vernacular economy
5 posts
The Corruption of Christianity
David Cayley's 2000 CBC Radio interview series with Ivan Illich on Gospel, Church and Society
5 posts
Joanne Peng (Curated)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Michael Polanyi
Polanyi — Duke Lectures (1964)
Five lectures delivered at Duke University in February–March 1964 as the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor. Covers the metaphysical reach of science, tacit knowing, commitment, emergence, and thought in society.
5 posts
Polanyi — Wesleyan Lectures (1965)
Five lectures delivered at Wesleyan University in fall 1965 on "Man's Place in the Universe." Covers science and reality, tacit knowing, creative imagination, science in society, and levels of reality.
5 posts
Tanner Greer
Scholar's Stage: China
Deep analysis of modern China, Xi Jinping, the CPC, and Sino-American relations
47 posts
Scholar's Stage: Chinese History
From ancient dynasties to modern times - strategic tradition and cultural history
40 posts
Scholar's Stage: Contemporary America
Culture wars, political movements, generational divides, and American experience
21 posts
Scholar's Stage: East Asia Geopolitics
Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and great power competition in the Pacific
26 posts
Scholar's Stage: Strategic Theory
Ancient and modern strategic thought, from Sunzi to contemporary theorists
12 posts
Dan Wang
Dan Wang Greatest Hits
Annual letters plus famous essays: Definite Optimism, Girardian Terror, How Technology Grows
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L.M. Sacasas
The Frailest Thing: Being Online
Part VI of The Frailest Thing by L.M. Sacasas. 5 essays on being online.
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The Frailest Thing: History and Philosophy of Technology
Part I of The Frailest Thing by L.M. Sacasas. 17 essays on history and philosophy of technology.
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The Frailest Thing: Media and the Self
Part III of The Frailest Thing by L.M. Sacasas. 16 essays on media and the self.
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The Frailest Thing: Miscellaneous
Part VII of The Frailest Thing by L.M. Sacasas. 8 essays on miscellaneous.
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The Frailest Thing: Technology and Society
Part IV of The Frailest Thing by L.M. Sacasas. 24 essays on technology and society.
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The Frailest Thing: Technology, Ethics, and the Moral Life
Part II of The Frailest Thing by L.M. Sacasas. 22 essays on technology, ethics, and the moral life.
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The Frailest Thing: Time, Memory, and Nostalgia
Part V of The Frailest Thing by L.M. Sacasas. 8 essays on time, memory, and nostalgia.
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Patrick McKenzie
patio11 Greatest Hits
Patrick McKenzie's best writing on software business, SEO, salary negotiation, and more
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Paul Graham
Paul Graham Essays
Essays on startups, programming, and ideas from the co-founder of Y Combinator
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Venkatesh Rao
Ribbonfarm Essentials
6 essential posts from Ribbonfarm, a blog about refactored perception.
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