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An Ode to "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die"
“I Hate Myself and Want to Die” is the name of a Nirvana song, first released (funnily enough) on the big Beavis and Butthead compilation album. It was…
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To Everything There is a Season
"superhero fatigue" is a dumb way to reference the fact that all things must pass
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Why Don't Self-Interested Arguments Against Helicopter Parenting Deter Parents?
the case against overparenting isn't all social or philosophical
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The Effective Altruism Shell Game 2.0
This is the second time I’ve written an updated version of a previous post; this one has been redone from scratch. If you read this newsletter you’ve…
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What Purpose Do I Serve in Your Life?
Recently I wrote a piece about the cramped cliches that afflict so many female characters in movies and shows, mostly written by men. I learned some…
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What's Left for Tech?
perhaps AI hype is so intense because there are no other promising horizons
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Gratitude Feels Easy This Thanksgiving
Life is hard! It’s hard for everybody. I particularly have been struggling with some big picture stuff lately, life stuff, emotional stuff…
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Subscriber Writing, November 2023
Here’s a set of links to subscriber writing for the month of November 2023. It’s not Thursday! Sorry. But here it is, writing by people who subscribe to…
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Where Are the AI Skepticism Stories?
Note: I wrote this before news broke about Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI. The industry to which I kind of, sort of belong is an odd beast. Everybody’s…
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Worships the God-Shaped Hole
I’ve written before about my distaste for the Jonathan Haidt-style embrace of consequentialist religion - the kind that says that, while the truth…
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The Curse as Nathan Fielder's Penance
I’m perpetually torn about the concept of “not for me,” the response to a given piece of art that suggests that there’s nothing necessarily deficient…
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Ah, Freedom
when will we do something about this particular cancel culture
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