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C.S. Lewis

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C.S. Lewis

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C.S. Lewis is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 5 times across 5 issues between September 29, 2021 and August 01, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “It reminds me of C.S. Lewis - especially The Great Divorce”; “I’m reminded again of C.S. Lewis’s ” How Will The Bomb Find You? ” essay”; “any more than C.S. Lewis would have opposed sensible policies about nuclear weapons”. It most often appears alongside Africa, California, Elon Musk.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 5
  • Issue count: 5
  • First seen: September 29, 2021
  • Last seen: August 01, 2025

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Book Review: The Scout Mindset
September 29, 2021 · Original source
I’m mentioning this story in particular because because of how it straddles the border between “rationality training” and “being-a-good-person training”. It reminds me of C.S. Lewis - especially The Great Divorce, whose conceit was that the damned could leave Hell for Heaven at any time, but mostly didn’t, because it would require them to admit that they had been wrong. I think Julia thinks of rationality and goodness as two related skills: both involve using healthy long-term coping strategies instead of narcissistic short-term ones.
Highlights From The Comments On Kids And Climate Change
October 13, 2021 · Original source
I'm reminded again of C.S. Lewis's "How Will The Bomb Find You?" essay. It was quoted a fair bit in light of coronavirus fears, but I think it applies even better to climate change:
Inline links: How Will The Bomb Find You?
To be clear, this doesn't preclude advocating sensible policies about climate change (or sensible precautions against a virus), any more than C.S. Lewis would have opposed sensible policies about nuclear weapons.
Man, I wish I could write like this. Seems like a waste to blog when one could be quoting CS Lewis instead.
Highlights From The Comments On "Sadly, Porn"
April 20, 2022 · Original source
-"The Great Divorce," C.S. Lewis
Links For February 2024
February 29, 2024 · Original source
28: Joe Carlsmith’s commentary on C.S. Lewis’ Abolition Of Man, with an EA and AI alignment bent.
Inline links: Joe Carlsmith’s commentary on C.S. Lewis’
Your Review: Joan of Arc
August 01, 2025 · Original source
I tend to have three models in my head when I review this. In deference to C.S. Lewis's famous trilemma, I have tended to call them Saint, Schemer and Schizophrenic.