Astral Codex Ten

Ideas about a wide variety of subjects

The history of technology and the philosophy of progress—a digest of posts from rootsofprogress.org

Improving the funding and practice of science

Good writing about bad science

A world made of gears. Doing both speed premium short term updates and long term world model building. Explorations include AI, policy, rationality, Covid and medicine, strategy games and game design, and more.

Underrated opportunities in science, technology, and society

A newsletter about social science, the future, and why people behave in the way that they do.

Systems Politics and Regime Change

Stories about finance in India. Some chaotic, all fun

cool but rude

Hamhanded metaphors and questionably interesting thoughts

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Conversations on genetics, history, politics, books, culture and evolution