The Last Psychiatrist
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The Last Psychiatrist is a recurring publication in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between February 05, 2021 and April 20, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “The Last Psychiatrist blames overly facile Drug A/Drug B comparisons”; “If you read his old blog, The Last Psychiatrist”; “Holy crap, The Last Psychiatrist book finally came out???“. It most often appears alongside Coke, David Foster Wallace, Freud.
Metadata
- Category: Publications
- Mention count: 3
- Issue count: 3
- First seen: February 05, 2021
- Last seen: April 20, 2022
Appears In
- WebMD, And The Tragedy Of Legible Expertise
- Book Review: Sadly, Porn
- Highlights From The Comments On “Sadly, Porn”
Related Pages
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- Coke (2 shared issues)
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- David Foster Wallace (2 shared issues)
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- Freud (2 shared issues)
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- Lacan (2 shared issues)
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- Marx (2 shared issues)
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- Sadly, Porn (2 shared issues)
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- Shel Silverstein (2 shared issues)
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- Teach (2 shared issues)
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- The Giving Tree (2 shared issues)
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- A.E. Waite (1 shared issues)
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- Abercrombie & Fitch (1 shared issues)
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- Adderall (1 shared issues)
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Source Context
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.
"You said Drug A is better for most people than Drug B. But I tried Drug A and it was terrible, then I tried Drug B and it cured everything. I think you need to make it clearer that Drug B can be better than Drug A sometimes." Investing in index funds is usually better than investing in lottery tickets, but one guy will get a winning lottery ticket on the day the stock market crashes and have the opposite result; it's still valuable to warn investors that one thing is better than another. On the other hand, The Last Psychiatrist blames overly facile Drug A/Drug B comparisons for killing David Foster Wallace. Do I want to kill David Foster Wallace? Sometimes, when I think about all the loose ends in Infinite Jest - but most of the time no.
Inline links: killing David Foster Wallace
If you read his old blog, The Last Psychiatrist, you have even more reasons to appreciate him. His expertise in decoding scientific studies and in psychopharmacology helped me a lot as a med student and resident. His political and social commentary was delightfully vicious, but also seemed genuinely aimed at helping his readers become better people.
Inline links: decoding scientific studies, psychopharmacology
Holy crap, The Last Psychiatrist book finally came out??? Why isn't this bigger news? This is my white whale. I'm buying it just because I feel like I owe him for TLP, which had more influence on my life than any other single piece of writing.