Timeline of Issues

You’re Probably Wondering Why I’ve Called You Here Today (August 30, 2020)
Still Alive (January 21, 2021)
Logistics (January 22, 2021)
Open Thread 157 (January 24, 2021)
Know Your Amphetamines (January 25, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 157.5 (January 27, 2021)
Ontology Of Psychiatric Conditions: Taxometrics (January 28, 2021)
Contra Weyl On Technocracy (January 29, 2021)
Weyl Contra Me On Technocracy (January 29, 2021)
Technocracy-Zilla: Origins (January 30, 2021)
Open Thread 158 (January 31, 2021)
Metaculus Monday (February 01, 2021)
Riddle Of The Sphinx II: Sustained Release Riddlin’ (February 02, 2021)
Ontology Of Psychiatric Conditions: Dynamical Systems (February 03, 2021)
Book Review Contest Final Rules (February 04, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 158.5 (February 05, 2021)
WebMD, And The Tragedy Of Legible Expertise (February 05, 2021)
Journalism and Legible Expertise (February 07, 2021)
Open Thread 159 (February 08, 2021)
21 (February 08, 2021)
Book Review: Why We’re Polarized (February 09, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 159.5 (February 10, 2021)
Ontology Of Psychiatric Conditions: Tradeoffs And Failures (February 11, 2021)
List Of Fictional Cryptocurrencies Banned By The SEC (February 12, 2021)
The Precision Of Sensory Evidence (February 13, 2021)
Statement on New York Times Article (February 14, 2021)
Coronavirus: Links, Discussion, Open Thread (February 16, 2021)
Vitamin D: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (February 16, 2021)
Book Review: The Cult Of Smart (February 18, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Cult Of Smart (February 18, 2021)
Ezra Klein On Vetocracy (February 20, 2021)
Movie Review: Gabriel Over The White House (February 20, 2021)
Open Thread 160 (February 22, 2021)
A Look Down Track B (February 22, 2021)
Mantic Monday: Judging April COVID Predictions (February 23, 2021)
Book Review: Fussell On Class (February 24, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 160.5 (February 25, 2021)
A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word “Class” (February 25, 2021)
Bay Area Plant-Based Meat Reviews (February 26, 2021)
Open Thread 161 (February 28, 2021)
Mantic Monday: Scoring Rule Controversy (March 01, 2021)
Shilling For Big Mitochondria (March 02, 2021)
Links For March (March 03, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On March Links (March 04, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 161.5 (March 05, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Class (March 05, 2021)
They’re Made Out Of Meta (March 06, 2021)
Open Thread 162 (March 07, 2021)
The Consequences Of Radical Reform (March 09, 2021)
Trapped Priors As A Basic Problem Of Rationality (March 10, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 162.5 (March 12, 2021)
Richard Nixon Vs. Cool (March 12, 2021)
Open Thread 163 (March 15, 2021)
Mantic Monday: Mantic Matt Y (March 15, 2021)
Sleep Is The Mate Of Death (March 16, 2021)
Book Review: The New Sultan (March 18, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 163.5 (March 19, 2021)
Open Thread 164 (March 21, 2021)
Adding My Data Point To The Discussion Of Substack Advances (March 22, 2021)
Book Review: Antifragile (March 23, 2021)
More Antifragile, Diversity Libertarianism, And Corporate Censorship (March 25, 2021)
Toward A Bayesian Theory Of Willpower (March 26, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 164.5 (March 26, 2021)
Ask Me Anything (March 27, 2021)
Open Thread 165 (March 29, 2021)
Oh, The Places You’ll Go When Trying To Figure Out The Right Dose Of Escitalopram (March 31, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 165.5 (April 01, 2021)
Ambidexterity And Cognitive Closure (April 01, 2021)
Open Thread 166 (April 04, 2021)
2020 Predictions: Calibration Results (April 05, 2021)
Two Unexpected Multiple Hypothesis Testing Problems (April 06, 2021)
Metis And Bodybuilders (April 07, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 166.5 (April 08, 2021)
Your Book Review: Order Without Law (April 08, 2021)
Your Book Review: On The Natural Faculties (April 09, 2021)
Open Thread 167 (April 11, 2021)
From The Rejects Pile: Catch-22 (April 11, 2021)
Links For April (April 12, 2021)
[[issues/2021-04-14_link-unifying-predictive-coding-with_full|[LINK] Unifying Predictive Coding With Backpropagation]] (April 14, 2021)
Prospectus On Próspera (April 14, 2021)
Your Book Review: Progress And Poverty (April 16, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 167.5 (April 16, 2021)
Early 20th Century (April 17, 2021)
Open Thread 168 (April 19, 2021)
Mantic Monday: Grading My Trump Predictions (April 19, 2021)
No, Really, Why Are So Many Christians In Colombia Converting To Orthodox Judaism? (April 21, 2021)
Book Review: Global Economic History (April 21, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 168.5 (April 21, 2021)
Your Book Review: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? (April 22, 2021)
Your Book Review: Why Buddhism Is True (April 23, 2021)
Open Thread 169 (April 25, 2021)
Mantic Monday: Predictions For 2021 (April 26, 2021)
Verses Written On The Occasion Of Getting The COVID Vaccine (April 27, 2021)
Nootropics Survey 2020 Results (April 28, 2021)
Your Book Review: Double Fold (April 30, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 169.5 (April 30, 2021)
Your Book Review: The Wizard And The Prophet (April 30, 2021)
Open Thread 170 (May 03, 2021)
If You Can Be Bad, You Can Also Be Good (May 03, 2021)
Book Review: A Brief History Of Neoliberalism (May 04, 2021)
Why Is It Hard To Acknowledge Preferences? (May 05, 2021)
Your Book Review: Through The Eye Of A Needle (May 06, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 170.5 (May 07, 2021)
Your Book Review: The Years Of Lyndon Johnson (May 07, 2021)
My Favorite ICD-10 Codes (May 08, 2021)
Open Thread 171 (May 09, 2021)
The Rise And Fall Of Online Culture Wars (May 10, 2021)
Theses On The Current Moment (May 12, 2021)
Welcome To The Terrible World Of Prescription-Only Apps (May 12, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On CBT-i Apps (May 14, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 171.5 (May 14, 2021)
Your Book Review: Addiction By Design (May 14, 2021)
Open Thread 172 (May 16, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Culture Wars (May 18, 2021)
The Coldness Of Karen (May 19, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 172.5 (May 20, 2021)
Links For May (May 20, 2021)
Your Book Review: The Accidental Superpower (May 21, 2021)
Open Thread 173 (May 23, 2021)
Book Review: Arabian Nights (May 24, 2021)
Peer Review Request: Depression (May 25, 2021)
Reflections On Greed Being Made Of Smaller Parts (May 27, 2021)
Open Thread 173.5 (May 27, 2021)
COVID Suicides: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (May 27, 2021)
Your Book Review: Humankind (May 28, 2021)
Open Thread 174 (May 30, 2021)
What Do Treatments For Accelerated Aging Tell Us About Normal Aging? (June 01, 2021)
Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef (June 01, 2021)
You Have A Terrible Track Record In Guessing My Motives (June 03, 2021)
Open Thread 174.5 (June 03, 2021)
Your Book Review: The Collapse Of Complex Societies (June 03, 2021)
Your Book Review: Where’s My Flying Car? (June 04, 2021)
Open Thread 175 (June 06, 2021)
Instead Of Pledging To Change The World, Pledge To Change Prediction Markets (June 07, 2021)
I Will Not Eat The Bugs (June 09, 2021)
Drug Users Use A Lot Of Drugs (June 09, 2021)
Your Book Review: Down And Out In Paris And London (June 10, 2021)
Open Thread 175.5 (June 11, 2021)
Your Book Review: How Children Fail (June 11, 2021)
Open Thread 176 (June 13, 2021)
Contra Smith On Jewish Selective Immigration (June 14, 2021)
Carhart-Harris On Serotonin (June 15, 2021)
Open Thread 176.5 (June 16, 2021)
Peer Review: Lockdown Effectiveness (June 16, 2021)
Your Book Review: Plagues And Peoples (June 17, 2021)
Vote In The Book Review Contest! (June 18, 2021)
Open Thread 177 (June 21, 2021)
21 (June 22, 2021)
Links For June (June 23, 2021)
Perpendicular Lives (June 24, 2021)
ACX Reader Research Survey: Call For Submissions (June 25, 2021)
Open Thread 177.5 (June 25, 2021)
Open Thread 178 (June 28, 2021)
Book Review: How Asia Works (June 28, 2021)
Welcome Polygenically Screened Babies (July 01, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On “How Asia Works” (July 01, 2021)
Open Thread 178.5 (July 02, 2021)
Open Thread 179 (July 04, 2021)
Model City Monday (July 05, 2021)
Lockdown Effectiveness: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (July 07, 2021)
Is This Predictive Coding? (July 07, 2021)
Open Thread 179.5 (July 09, 2021)
Book Review Contest: Winners (July 10, 2021)
Open Thread 180 (July 12, 2021)
Use Prediction Markets To Fund Investigative Reporting (July 12, 2021)
Reader Survey Final Check-In (July 13, 2021)
Book Review: Crazy Like Us (July 15, 2021)
Open Thread 180.5 (July 15, 2021)
[[issues/2021-07-16_please-take-the-reader-survey_full|Please Take The Reader Survey [Update: Now It Is Closed And You Can Stop Taking It]]] (July 16, 2021)
Open Thread 181 (July 18, 2021)
Peer Review Request: Ketamine (July 19, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On “Crazy Like Us” (July 21, 2021)
Things I Learned Writing The Lockdown Post (July 21, 2021)
Open Thread 181.5 (July 22, 2021)
Links For July (July 23, 2021)
Open Thread 182 (July 25, 2021)
26 (July 27, 2021)
Contra Acemoglu On…Oh God, We’re Doing This Again, Aren’t We? (July 27, 2021)
When Does Worrying About Things Trade Off Against Worrying About Other Things? (July 28, 2021)
Updated Look At Long-Term AI Risks (July 30, 2021)
Open Thread 183 (August 01, 2021)
21 (August 02, 2021)
Adumbrations Of Aducanumab (August 05, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Acemoglu And AI (August 06, 2021)
Details Of The Infant Fish Oil Story (August 06, 2021)
Open Thread 183.5 (August 07, 2021)
Contra Drum On The Fish Oil Story (August 08, 2021)
Open Thread 184 (August 08, 2021)
Eight Hundred Slightly Poisoned Word Games (August 09, 2021)
(Outdoor, Careful) Meetups Everywhere 2021 - Seeking Organizers (August 10, 2021)
2021 (August 11, 2021)
Open Thread 184.5 (August 11, 2021)
Contra Hanania On Partisanship (August 12, 2021)
Blindness, Schizophrenia, and Autism (August 13, 2021)
Open Thread 185 (August 15, 2021)
Kids Can Recover From Missing Even Quite A Lot Of School (August 17, 2021)
Links For August (August 18, 2021)
Open Thread 185.5 (August 19, 2021)
Peer Review Request: Carbon Costs Quantified (August 19, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Aducanumab (August 20, 2021)
Open Thread 186 (August 22, 2021)
Meetups Everywhere 2021: Times And Places (August 23, 2021)
Carbon Costs Quantified (August 25, 2021)
If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Governor Of California? (August 25, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Missing School (August 26, 2021)
Berkeley Meetup This Saturday (August 27, 2021)
Open Thread 187 (August 29, 2021)
On Hreha On Behavioral Economics (August 30, 2021)
Peer Review: Long COVID: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (August 31, 2021)
Open Thread 187.5 (September 01, 2021)
Long COVID: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (September 02, 2021)
Boston Meetup This Sunday (September 04, 2021)
Open Thread 188 (September 05, 2021)
New York Meetup This Monday (September 06, 2021)
Too Good To Check: A Play In Three Acts (September 06, 2021)
The Unbearable Semiheaviness Of Being (September 09, 2021)
Open Thread 188.5 (September 09, 2021)
Washington DC Meetup This Saturday (September 10, 2021)
Open Thread 189 (September 12, 2021)
Book Review: Modi - A Political Biography (September 14, 2021)
Open Thread 189.5 (September 15, 2021)
Book Review: The Revolt Of The Public (September 17, 2021)
Lisbon Meetup This Saturday (September 17, 2021)
Open Thread 190 (September 18, 2021)
Links For September (September 20, 2021)
Learn Portuguese With ACX (September 21, 2021)
Whither Tartaria? (September 23, 2021)
Zurich Meetups This Weekend (September 24, 2021)
Book Review: The Scout Mindset (September 29, 2021)
Open Thread 191.5 (September 29, 2021)
Learn Spanish With ACX (September 30, 2021)
Prague Meetups This Weekend (September 30, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Modern Architecture (October 04, 2021)
2021 (October 06, 2021)
Paris Meetups This Weekend (October 07, 2021)
Learn German With ACX (October 08, 2021)
Please Don’t Give Up On Having Kids Because Of Climate Change (October 11, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Kids And Climate Change (October 13, 2021)
Links For October (October 14, 2021)
Oxford Meetups This Weekend (October 15, 2021)
Chilling Effects (October 20, 2021)
Edinburgh Meetups This Weekend (October 22, 2021)
Epistemic Minor Leagues (October 25, 2021)
Learn British English With ACX (October 27, 2021)
Jhanas and the Dark Room Problem (October 29, 2021)
Open Thread 196 (October 31, 2021)
21 (November 01, 2021)
Non-Cognitive Skills For Educational Attainment Suggest Benefits Of Mental Illness Genes (November 03, 2021)
Dictator Book Club: Orban (November 04, 2021)
Open Thread 196.5 (November 05, 2021)
Open Thread 197 (November 08, 2021)
21 (November 08, 2021)
Secrets Of The Great Families (November 09, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Orban (November 11, 2021)
Apply For An ACX Grant (November 12, 2021)
Open Thread 197.5 (November 12, 2021)
Open Thread 198 (November 14, 2021)
15 (November 15, 2021)
Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (November 17, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Great Families (November 18, 2021)
Open Thread 198.5 (November 18, 2021)
Continental Drip (November 18, 2021)
Open Thread 199 (November 21, 2021)
When Will The FDA Approve Paxlovid? (November 23, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On The FDA And Paxlovid (November 23, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Ivermectin (November 23, 2021)
Pascalian Medicine (November 24, 2021)
Open Thread 199.5 (November 24, 2021)
Links For November (November 25, 2021)
Open Thread 200 (November 28, 2021)
MM: Omicron Variant (November 29, 2021)
Book Review: Lifespan (December 02, 2021)
Open Thread 200.5 (December 03, 2021)
Open Thread 201 (December 06, 2021)
21 (December 06, 2021)
Diseasonality (December 08, 2021)
Hidden Open Thread 201.5 (December 08, 2021)
Does Georgism Work? Part 1: Is Land Really A Big Deal? (December 09, 2021)
Does Georgism Work? Part 2: Can Landlords Pass Land Value Tax on to Tenants? (December 10, 2021)
Does Georgism Work, Part 3: Can Unimproved Land Value be Accurately Assessed Separately From Buildings? (December 11, 2021)
Open Thread 202 (December 13, 2021)
Ancient Plagues (December 15, 2021)
Open Thread 202.5 (December 16, 2021)
The Phrase “No Evidence” Is A Red Flag For Bad Science Communication (December 17, 2021)
Open Thread 203 (December 19, 2021)
Mantic Monday: Let Me Google That For You (December 20, 2021)
The FDA Has Punted Decisions About Luvox Prescription To The Deepest Recesses Of The Human Soul (December 22, 2021)
Addendum To Luvox Post (December 22, 2021)
Addendum To “No Evidence” Post (December 23, 2021)
Highlights From The Comments On Diseasonality (December 23, 2021)
Open Thread 203.5 (December 23, 2021)
Open Thread 204 (December 27, 2021)
Mantic Monday: Dogs In Wizard Hats (December 27, 2021)
ACX Grants Results (December 28, 2021)
Links For December (December 30, 2021)
Open Thread 204.5 (December 30, 2021)
Open Thread 205 (January 03, 2022)
Lewis Carroll Invented Retroactive Public Goods Funding In 1894 (January 04, 2022)
Movie Review: Don’t Look Up (January 04, 2022)
Name’s The Same (January 06, 2022)
Open Thread 205.5 (January 06, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On “Don’t Look Up” (January 07, 2022)
Open Thread 206 (January 10, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 206.5 (January 12, 2022)
There’s A Time For Everyone (January 12, 2022)
Open Thread 207 (January 17, 2022)
Practically-A-Book Review: Yudkowsky Contra Ngo On Agents (January 19, 2022)
Book Review: Which Country Has The World’s Best Health Care? (January 19, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 207.5 (January 21, 2022)
Ask Me Anything (January 21, 2022)
Resubmit And Summarize Your Proposals For Grants ++ (January 21, 2022)
Open Thread 208 (January 24, 2022)
Grading My 2021 Predictions (January 24, 2022)
Bounded Distrust (January 26, 2022)
Against That Poverty And Infant EEGs Study (January 26, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Health Care Systems (January 27, 2022)
2022 (January 28, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 208.5 (January 28, 2022)
Open Thread 209 (January 31, 2022)
Predictions For 2022 (February 01, 2022)
Motivated Reasoning As Mis-applied Reinforcement Learning (February 01, 2022)
Why Do I Suck? (February 02, 2022)
ACX Grants ++: The First Half (February 03, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 209.5 (February 04, 2022)
Book Review Contest Rules 2022 (February 04, 2022)
Open Thread 210 (February 07, 2022)
The Passage Of Polymarket (February 07, 2022)
Two Small Corrections And Updates (February 08, 2022)
Heuristics That Almost Always Work (February 08, 2022)
So You Want To Run A Microgrants Program (February 09, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 210.5 (February 10, 2022)
ACX Grants ++: The Second Half (February 10, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Motivated Reasoning And Reinforcement Learning (February 11, 2022)
Open Thread 211 (February 13, 2022)
Mantic Monday: Ukraine Cube Manifold (February 14, 2022)
Book Review: Sadly, Porn (February 16, 2022)
The Gods Only Have Power Because We Believe In Them (February 17, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 211.5 (February 18, 2022)
Austin Meetup Next Sunday (February 18, 2022)
Open Thread 212 (February 21, 2022)
Play Money And Reputation Systems (February 21, 2022)
Links For February (February 22, 2022)
Biological Anchors: A Trick That Might Or Might Not Work (February 23, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 212.5 (February 25, 2022)
Austin Meetup Correction (February 25, 2022)
Open Thread 213 (February 28, 2022)
Ukraine Warcasting (March 01, 2022)
Microaddictions (March 02, 2022)
What Are We Arguing About When We Argue About Rationality? (March 04, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 213.5 (March 05, 2022)
Open Thread 214 (March 07, 2022)
Ukraine Thoughts And Links (March 08, 2022)
Zounds! It’s Zulresso and Zuranolone! (March 08, 2022)
Advice For Unwoke Academic? (March 10, 2022)
Progesterone Megadoses Might Be A Cheap Zulresso Substitute (March 10, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 214.5 (March 11, 2022)
Open Thread 215 (March 13, 2022)
22 (March 14, 2022)
Justice Creep (March 16, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Zulresso (March 16, 2022)
The Onion Knight (March 17, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 215.5 (March 18, 2022)
Open Thread 216 (March 21, 2022)
22 (March 21, 2022)
Contra Hoel On Aristocratic Tutoring (March 22, 2022)
Men Will Literally Have Completely Different Mental Processes Instead Of Going To Therapy (March 23, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Justice Creep (March 24, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 216.5 (March 24, 2022)
Open Thread 217 (March 27, 2022)
Information Markets, Decision Markets, Attention Markets, Action Markets (March 28, 2022)
Who Gets Self-Determination? (March 30, 2022)
Idol Words (March 30, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 217.5 (March 31, 2022)
The Low-Hanging Fruit Argument: Models And Predictions (April 01, 2022)
Open Thread 218 (April 03, 2022)
Yudkowsky Contra Christiano On AI Takeoff Speeds (April 04, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Self-Determination (April 06, 2022)
Dictator Book Club: Xi Jinping (April 06, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 218.5 (April 07, 2022)
Peer Review Request: Obscure Pregnancy Interventions (April 07, 2022)
Spring Meetups In Seventy Cities (April 10, 2022)
Open Thread 219 (April 10, 2022)
Deceptively Aligned Mesa-Optimizers: It’s Not Funny If I Have To Explain It (April 11, 2022)
Obscure Pregnancy Interventions: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (April 13, 2022)
Biography of Jason Shea, 44th US President (April 13, 2022)
Links For April (April 14, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 219.5 (April 15, 2022)
Irvine Meetup This Monday (April 16, 2022)
Open Thread 220 (April 17, 2022)
22 (April 18, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On “Sadly, Porn” (April 20, 2022)
Contra Hoffman On Vitamin D Dosing (April 22, 2022)
Initial Conditions (April 22, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 220.5 (April 22, 2022)
Open Thread 221 (April 24, 2022)
Book Review: A Clinical Introduction To Lacanian Psychoanalysis (April 26, 2022)
Current Affairs’ Marxist Critique Of Toddler Show Blippi Isn’t Marxist Enough (April 28, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 221.5 (April 28, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Xi Jinping (April 28, 2022)
Open Thread 222 (May 01, 2022)
Every Bay Area House Party (May 04, 2022)
Why Do People Prefer My Old Blog’s Layout To Substack’s? (May 04, 2022)
Berkeley Meetup This Saturday (May 06, 2022)
Open Thread 223 (May 08, 2022)
22 (May 10, 2022)
Book Review: The Gervais Principle (May 10, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 223.5 (May 11, 2022)
Your Book Review: Consciousness And The Brain (May 13, 2022)
Open Thread 224 (May 14, 2022)
Contra Dynomight On Sexy In-Laws (May 16, 2022)
Link: Troof On Nootropics (May 17, 2022)
Lavender’s Game: Silexan For Anxiety (May 18, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 224.5 (May 19, 2022)
Your Book Review: Making Nature (May 20, 2022)
Open Thread 225 (May 23, 2022)
Willpower, Human and Machine (May 23, 2022)
California Gubernatorial Candidates From Z to Z (May 24, 2022)
In Partial, Grudging Defense Of The Hearing Voices Movement (May 25, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 225.5 (May 26, 2022)
[[issues/2022-05-26_peer-review-which-party-has-gotten_preview|[Peer Review] Which Party Has Gotten More Extreme Faster?]] (May 26, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Anti-Politics Machine (May 27, 2022)
Open Thread 226 (May 30, 2022)
A Guide To Asking Robots To Design Stained Glass Windows (May 30, 2022)
Birth Order Effects: Nature vs. Nurture (June 01, 2022)
2022 (June 02, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 226.5 (June 02, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Castrato (June 03, 2022)
Open Thread 227 (June 05, 2022)
It’s Bad On Purpose To Make You Click (June 06, 2022)
My Bet: AI Size Solves Flubs (June 07, 2022)
Which Party Has Gotten More Extreme Faster? (June 08, 2022)
Against “There Are Two X-Wing Parties” (June 09, 2022)
Somewhat Contra Marcus On AI Scaling (June 10, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Dawn Of Everything (June 10, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 227.5 (June 10, 2022)
Open Thread 228 (June 13, 2022)
22 (June 13, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 228.5 (June 15, 2022)
Peer Review: Nightmares (June 16, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Future Of Fusion Energy (June 17, 2022)
Open Thread 229 (June 20, 2022)
Book Review: San Fransicko (June 23, 2022)
Open Thread 229.5 (June 24, 2022)
Your Book Review: Public Choice Theory And The Illusion Of Grand Strategy (June 24, 2022)
Open Thread 230 (June 27, 2022)
22 (June 28, 2022)
What Caused The 2020 Homicide Spike? (June 29, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On San Fransicko (June 29, 2022)
Links For June (July 01, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Internationalists (July 01, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 230.5 (July 01, 2022)
Open Thread 231 (July 04, 2022)
Study: Ritalin Works, But School Isn’t Worth Paying Attention To (July 06, 2022)
Nobody Knows How Well Homework Works (July 07, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On The 2020 Homicide Spike (July 08, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 231.5 (July 08, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Outlier (July 08, 2022)
Open Thread 232 (July 10, 2022)
22 (July 12, 2022)
Book Review: The Man From The Future (July 13, 2022)
Impact Markets: The Annoying Details (July 15, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 232.5 (July 15, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Righteous Mind (July 15, 2022)
Open Thread 233 (July 18, 2022)
Criticism Of Criticism Of Criticism (July 20, 2022)
Perpendicular Lives II (July 20, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 233.5 (July 21, 2022)
Your Book Review: The Society Of The Spectacle (July 22, 2022)
Open Thread 234 (July 25, 2022)
ELK And The Problem Of Truthful AI (July 26, 2022)
Forer Statements As Updates And Affirmations (July 27, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Criticism Of Criticism Of Criticism (July 28, 2022)
Links For July (July 29, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 234.5 (July 29, 2022)
Your Book Review: Viral (July 30, 2022)
Open Thread 235 (August 01, 2022)
22 (August 01, 2022)
Slightly Against Underpopulation Worries (August 04, 2022)
Absurdity Bias, Neom Edition (August 04, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 235.5 (August 05, 2022)
Your Book Review: Exhaustion (August 05, 2022)
Open Thread 236 (August 08, 2022)
Why Not Slow AI Progress? (August 08, 2022)
A Cyclic Theory Of Subcultures (August 10, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 236.5 (August 11, 2022)
Will Nonbelievers Really Believe Anything? (August 11, 2022)
Your Book Review: God Emperor Of Dune (August 13, 2022)
Open Thread 237 (August 14, 2022)
22 (August 16, 2022)
Meetups Everywhere 2022 - Call For Organizers (August 16, 2022)
Skills Plateau Because Of Decay And Interference (August 18, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Subcultures (August 19, 2022)
Open Thread 237.5 (August 19, 2022)
Your Book Review: 1587, A Year Of No Significance (August 19, 2022)
Open Thread 238 (August 21, 2022)
Book Review: What We Owe The Future (August 23, 2022)
Effective Altruism As A Tower Of Assumptions (August 24, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On The Repugnant Conclusion And WWOTF (August 25, 2022)
Meetups Everywhere 2022: Times & Places (August 26, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 238.5 (August 26, 2022)
Your Book Review: Kora In Hell (August 26, 2022)
Open Thread 239 (August 28, 2022)
Billionaires, Surplus, And Replaceability (August 31, 2022)
Open Thread 239.5 (September 01, 2022)
The Prophet And Caesar’s Wife (September 02, 2022)
Book Review Contest 2022 Winners (September 02, 2022)
Open Thread 240 (September 05, 2022)
Links For September 2022 (September 06, 2022)
22 (September 08, 2022)
Open Thread 241 (September 12, 2022)
I Won My Three Year AI Progress Bet In Three Months (September 12, 2022)
Unpredictable Reward, Predictable Happiness (September 13, 2022)
Travelogue: Northern California (September 15, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 241.5 (September 15, 2022)
Bay Area Meetups This Weekend (September 16, 2022)
Open Thread 242 (September 18, 2022)
Janus’ GPT Wrangling (September 19, 2022)
Why Is The Central Valley So Bad? (September 21, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Billionaire Replaceability (September 22, 2022)
Ask Me Anything (September 22, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 242.5 (September 23, 2022)
Open Thread 243 (September 26, 2022)
From Nostradamus To Fukuyama (September 28, 2022)
Universe-Hopping Through Substack (September 29, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Unpredictable Reward (September 30, 2022)
Open Thread 244 (October 02, 2022)
CHAI, Assistance Games, And Fully-Updated Deference (October 03, 2022)
How Trustworthy Are Supplements? (October 05, 2022)
LA and San Diego Meetups This Weekend (October 06, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 244.5 (October 06, 2022)
A Columbian Exchange (October 07, 2022)
Open Thread 245 (October 09, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Columbus Day (October 10, 2022)
Links For October (October 12, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On The Central Valley (October 13, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 245.5 (October 15, 2022)
Open Thread 246 (October 17, 2022)
22 (October 18, 2022)
Another Bay Area House Party (October 19, 2022)
Open Thread 246.5 (October 20, 2022)
Book Review: Rhythms Of The Brain (October 20, 2022)
Open Thread 247 (October 24, 2022)
From The Mailbag (October 25, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Supplement Labeling (October 26, 2022)
Open Thread 247.5 (October 27, 2022)
Nick Cammarata On Jhana (October 27, 2022)
Book Review: Malleus Maleficarum (October 28, 2022)
Elon Musk Has Purchased Twitter (October 28, 2022)
Open Thread 248 (October 30, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Jhanas (October 31, 2022)
Open Thread 248.5 (November 02, 2022)
Moderation Is Different From Censorship (November 03, 2022)
My California Ballot 2022 (November 04, 2022)
ACX Grants: Project Updates (November 04, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On My California Ballot (November 05, 2022)
Open Thread 249 (November 06, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Brain Waves (November 08, 2022)
Open Thread 249.5: Challenge Mode (November 10, 2022)
Can People Be Honestly Wrong About Their Own Experiences? (November 10, 2022)
Contra Resident Contrarian On Unfalsifiable Internal States (November 11, 2022)
Too Spicy For Twitter (November 11, 2022)
Open Thread 250 (November 13, 2022)
The Psychopharmacology Of The FTX Crash (November 16, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 150.5 (November 17, 2022)
Open Thread 251 (November 20, 2022)
Mantic Monday: Twitter Chaos Edition (November 21, 2022)
“Is Wine Fake?” In Asterisk Magazine (November 21, 2022)
Semaglutidonomics (November 24, 2022)
If The Media Reported On Other Things Like It Does Effective Altruism (November 25, 2022)
Open Thread 252 (November 28, 2022)
Can This AI Save Teenage Spy Alex Rider From A Terrible Fate? (November 28, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Semaglutide (November 30, 2022)
Book Review: First Sixth Of Bobos In Paradise (December 01, 2022)
Which Is Bigger, 256,000 Or A Deer? (December 01, 2022)
Open Thread 253 (December 05, 2022)
Peer Review: Prediction Market FAQ (December 06, 2022)
What Your Doctor Spends 80% Of Their Time Doing (December 07, 2022)
Know Your GABA-A Receptor Subunits (December 08, 2022)
Why I’m Less Than Infinitely Hostile To Cryptocurrency (December 08, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 253.5 (December 09, 2022)
Highlights From The Comments On Bobos In Paradise (December 09, 2022)
Open Thread 254 (December 12, 2022)
Perhaps It Is A Bad Thing That The World’s Leading AI Companies Cannot Control Their AIs (December 12, 2022)
A Crypto Exchange (December 15, 2022)
2023 Prediction Contest (December 16, 2022)
Open Thread 255 (December 19, 2022)
Prediction Market FAQ (December 20, 2022)
The Buying Things From A Store FAQ (December 21, 2022)
The Media Very Rarely Lies (December 22, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 255.5 (December 22, 2022)
Fact Check: Do All Healthy People Have Mystical Experiences? (December 23, 2022)
Open Thread 256 (December 26, 2022)
Selection Bias Is A Fact Of Life, Not An Excuse For Rejecting Internet Surveys (December 27, 2022)
Links For December 2022 (December 28, 2022)
Sorry, I Still Think I Am Right About The Media Very Rarely Lying (December 29, 2022)
Hidden Open Thread 256.6 (December 29, 2022)
Take The 2022 ACX Survey! (December 30, 2022)
Open Thread 257 (January 01, 2023)
How Do AIs’ Political Opinions Change As They Get Smarter And Better-Trained? (January 03, 2023)
Even More Bay Area House Party (January 04, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 257.5 (January 05, 2023)
Open Thread 258 (January 08, 2023)
Stage 2 Of Prediction Contest (January 10, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On The Media Very Rarely Lying (January 11, 2023)
Conspiracies of Cognition, Conspiracies Of Emotion (January 13, 2023)
2023 Subscription Drive + Free Unlocked Posts (January 13, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 258.5 (January 13, 2023)
Open Thread 259 (January 16, 2023)
SSC Survey Results On Schooling Types (January 18, 2023)
Which Political Victories Cause Backlash? (January 19, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 259.5 (January 19, 2023)
ACX Survey Results 2022 (January 20, 2023)
Open Thread 260 (January 22, 2023)
Who Predicted 2022? (January 24, 2023)
You Don’t Want A Purely Biological, Apolitical Taxonomy Of Mental Disorders (January 25, 2023)
Janus’ Simulators (January 26, 2023)
[[issues/2023-01-27_sneak-peek-declining-sperm-count_preview|[Sneak Peek] Declining Sperm Count: Much More Than You Wanted To Know]] (January 27, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 260.5 (January 27, 2023)
Open Thread 261 (January 30, 2023)
2023 (January 31, 2023)
Response To Alexandros Contra Me On Ivermectin (February 01, 2023)
Book Review Contest Rules 2023 (February 02, 2023)
Mostly Skeptical Thoughts On The Chatbot Propaganda Apocalypse (February 02, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 261.5 (February 03, 2023)
Berkeley Meetup On Tuesday, Special Guest Daniel Ingram (February 04, 2023)
Open Thread 262 (February 06, 2023)
Crowds Are Wise (And One’s A Crowd) (February 06, 2023)
Bonus Wisdom Of Crowds Analysis (February 07, 2023)
Henrietta Lacks Seems Like A Nice Person, But Not A Scientific Hero (February 07, 2023)
Links For February 2023 (February 09, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 262.5 (February 10, 2023)
Open Thread 263 (February 13, 2023)
23 (February 14, 2023)
Contra Kavanagh On Fideism (February 14, 2023)
Trying Again On Fideism (February 15, 2023)
Declining Sperm Count: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (February 17, 2023)
Open Thread 264 (February 20, 2023)
Grading My 2018 Predictions For 2023 (February 20, 2023)
Book Review: The Geography Of Madness (February 22, 2023)
Book Review: What’s Our Problem? (February 23, 2023)
Announcing Forecasting Impact Mini-Grants (February 24, 2023)
Open Thread 265 (February 26, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Geography Of Madness (February 27, 2023)
OpenAI’s “Planning For AGI And Beyond” (March 01, 2023)
Memorize A Few Basic Numbers To Have Intuitions About Other Things (March 02, 2023)
Against Ice Age Civilizations (March 03, 2023)
Impact Market Mini-Grants Update (March 03, 2023)
Open Thread 266 (March 06, 2023)
Kelly Bets On Civilization (March 07, 2023)
Issue Two Of Asterisk (March 08, 2023)
Give Up Seventy Percent Of The Way Through The Hyperstitious Slur Cascade (March 09, 2023)
Open Thread 266.66666… (March 09, 2023)
Links For March 2023 (March 10, 2023)
Open Thread 267 (March 12, 2023)
Why I Am Not (As Much Of) A Doomer (As Some People) (March 14, 2023)
23 (March 15, 2023)
Are We All Doxastic Voluntarists? (March 15, 2023)
Why Do Transgender People Report Hypermobile Joints? (March 16, 2023)
Open Thread 268 (March 20, 2023)
Half An Hour Before Dawn In San Francisco (March 20, 2023)
Book Review: Paper Belt On Fire (March 23, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 268.5 (March 24, 2023)
Open Thread 269 (March 27, 2023)
Turing Test (March 27, 2023)
The Government Is Making Telemedicine Hard And Inconvenient Again (March 29, 2023)
MR Tries The Safe Uncertainty Fallacy (March 30, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 269.5 (March 31, 2023)
Open Thread 270 (April 03, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Telemedicine Regulations (April 03, 2023)
Most Technologies Aren’t Races (April 05, 2023)
But Seriously, Are Bloxors Greeblic? (April 05, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 270.5 (April 06, 2023)
Book Review: The Arctic Hysterias (April 06, 2023)
Open Thread 271 (April 09, 2023)
Spring Meetups Everywhere 2023 (April 10, 2023)
Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill (April 12, 2023)
Open Thread 272 (April 17, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On IRBs (April 17, 2023)
Contra Kriss On Nerds And Hipsters (April 19, 2023)
Links For April 2023 (April 20, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 272.5 (April 21, 2023)
Open Thread 273 (April 24, 2023)
23 (April 25, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Nerds And Hipsters (April 27, 2023)
The Psychology Of Fantasy (April 28, 2023)
Open Thread 274 (May 01, 2023)
Change My Mind: Density Increases Local But Decreases Global Prices (May 01, 2023)
Replication Attempt: Bisexuality And Long COVID (May 03, 2023)
Raise Your Threshold For Accusing People Of Faking Bisexuality (May 04, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 274.5 (May 04, 2023)
Berkeley Meetup This Saturday (May 05, 2023)
Open Thread 275 (May 08, 2023)
Constitutional AI: RLHF On Steroids (May 08, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Housing Density And Prices (May 10, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Long COVID And Bisexuality (May 11, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 275.5 (May 12, 2023)
Open Thread 276 (May 14, 2023)
Galton, Ehrlich, Buck (May 15, 2023)
Why Is The Academic Job Market So Weird? (May 17, 2023)
Peer Review: Hypergamy - Much More Than You Wanted To Know (May 18, 2023)
The Question Of Separatism (May 19, 2023)
Open Thread 277 (May 22, 2023)
23 (May 23, 2023)
Hypergamy: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (May 24, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 277.5 (May 24, 2023)
Your Book Review: Lying for Money (May 26, 2023)
Open Thread 278 (May 29, 2023)
Are Woo Non-Responders Defective? (May 30, 2023)
All Medications Are Insignificant In The Eyes Of God And Traditional Effect Size Criteria (May 31, 2023)
Links For May 2023 (June 01, 2023)
Your Book Review: Why Machines Will Never Rule the World (June 03, 2023)
Open Thread 279 (June 05, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On The Academic Job Market (June 06, 2023)
Assistant Dictator Book Club: America Against America (June 07, 2023)
Attempts To Put Statistics In Context, Put Into Context (June 08, 2023)
Your Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning (June 10, 2023)
Open Thread 280 (June 12, 2023)
The Canal Papers (June 14, 2023)
Atlanta Meetup This Sunday (June 15, 2023)
Your Incentives Are Not The Same As Media Companies’ (June 15, 2023)
Your Book Review: Njal’s Saga (June 16, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 280.5 (June 16, 2023)
Open Thread 281 (June 18, 2023)
Davidson On Takeoff Speeds (June 20, 2023)
Book Review: Programming And Metaprogramming The Human Biocomputer (June 21, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 281.5 (June 23, 2023)
Your Book Review: Public Citizens (June 23, 2023)
Open Thread 282 (June 25, 2023)
“Through A Glass Darkly” In Asterisk Magazine (June 26, 2023)
Every Flashing Element On Your Site Alienates And Enrages Users (June 28, 2023)
Sure, Whatever, Let’s Try Another Contra Caplan On Mental Illness (June 29, 2023)
Is There An Illusion Of Moral Decline? (June 30, 2023)
Your Book Review: Safe Enough? (July 01, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 282.5 (July 01, 2023)
Open Thread 283 (July 02, 2023)
Tales Of Takeover In CCF-World (July 03, 2023)
Links For July 2023 (July 06, 2023)
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Your Book Review: Secret Government (July 07, 2023)
Open Thread 284 (July 10, 2023)
Why Match School And Student Rank? (July 11, 2023)
2023 (July 12, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 284.5 (July 13, 2023)
Contra The Social Model Of Disability (July 14, 2023)
Your Book Review: The Educated Mind (July 14, 2023)
Open Thread 285 (July 17, 2023)
Contra The xAI Alignment Plan (July 17, 2023)
Berkeley Meetup On Sunday, Special Guest Philip Tetlock (July 19, 2023)
The Extinction Tournament (July 20, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On British Economic Decline (July 20, 2023)
Your Book Review: The Laws of Trading (July 21, 2023)
Open Thread 286 (July 23, 2023)
We’re Not Platonists, We’ve Just Learned The Bitter Lesson (July 25, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Social Model Of Disability (July 25, 2023)
New York Meetup On Sunday (July 26, 2023)
Bad Definitions Of “Democracy” And “Accountability” Shade Into Totalitarianism (July 28, 2023)
Your Book Review: On the Marble Cliffs (July 28, 2023)
Open Thread 287 (July 30, 2023)
23: Room Temperature Superforecaster (August 01, 2023)
Meetups Everywhere Fall 2023 - Call For Organizers (August 01, 2023)
Dictator Book Club: Putin (August 03, 2023)
More Memorable Passages From “The Man Without A Face” (August 04, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 287.5 (August 04, 2023)
Your Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (August 04, 2023)
Open Thread 288 (August 06, 2023)
Links For August 2023 (August 09, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Putin (August 11, 2023)
Your Book Review: The Weirdest People in the World (August 11, 2023)
Open Thread 289 (August 14, 2023)
In Defense Of Describable Dating Preferences (August 16, 2023)
Bride Of Bay Area House Party (August 17, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 289.5 (August 18, 2023)
Your Book Review: The Mind Of A Bee (August 18, 2023)
Open Thread 290 (August 21, 2023)
What Can Fetish Research Tell Us About AI? (August 21, 2023)
Critical Periods For Language: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (August 23, 2023)
More Thoughts On Critical Windows (August 24, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Dating Preferences (August 24, 2023)
Meetups Everywhere 2023: Times & Places (August 25, 2023)
Your Book Review: Why Nations Fail (August 25, 2023)
Open Thread 291 (August 28, 2023)
23 (August 28, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Fetishes (August 30, 2023)
Here’s Why Automaticity Is Real Actually (August 31, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 291.5 (August 31, 2023)
Your Book Review: Zuozhuan (September 01, 2023)
Open Thread 292 (September 04, 2023)
23: California Dreamin’ (September 04, 2023)
My Presidential Platform (September 05, 2023)
Contra Kirkegaard On Evolutionary Definitions Of Mental Illness (September 07, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 292.5 (September 07, 2023)
Vote In The 2023 Book Review Contest (September 08, 2023)
Open Thread 293 (September 11, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Last Week’s Model Cities Post (September 11, 2023)
Book Review: Elon Musk (September 13, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 293.5 (September 15, 2023)
Book Review Contest 2023 Winners (September 15, 2023)
Open Thread 294 (September 18, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Elon Musk (September 18, 2023)
Book Review: The Alexander Romance (September 19, 2023)
23 (September 21, 2023)
Open Thread 295 (September 25, 2023)
Book Review: Beelzebub’s Tales To His Grandson (September 25, 2023)
Links For September 2023 (September 28, 2023)
Open Thread 296 (October 02, 2023)
How Are The Gay Younger Brothers Doing? (October 04, 2023)
Pause For Thought: The AI Pause Debate (October 05, 2023)
Open Thread 297 (October 09, 2023)
Impact Market Mini-Grants Results (October 09, 2023)
Open Thread 298 (October 16, 2023)
Open Thread 299 (October 23, 2023)
My Left Kidney (October 27, 2023)
Open Thread 300 (October 30, 2023)
23 (October 31, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 300.5 (November 01, 2023)
Dictator Book Club: Chavez (November 02, 2023)
Quests And Requests (November 03, 2023)
Open Thread 301 (November 06, 2023)
Highlights From The Comments On Kidney Donation (November 07, 2023)
Hardball Questions For The Next Debate (November 07, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 301.5 (November 09, 2023)
Followup: Quests And Requests (November 10, 2023)
Open Thread 302 (November 13, 2023)
Does Anaesthesia Prove Ketamine Placebo? (November 14, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 302.5 (November 16, 2023)
Book Review: I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (November 17, 2023)
Open Thread 303 (November 20, 2023)
Seen In The Bay (November 22, 2023)
Open Thread 303.5 (November 23, 2023)
Open Thread 304 (November 27, 2023)
God Help Us, Let’s Try To Understand AI Monosemanticity (November 27, 2023)
In Continued Defense Of Effective Altruism (November 28, 2023)
Contra DeBoer On Movement Shell Games (November 30, 2023)
Links For November 2023 (December 01, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 304.5 (December 01, 2023)
Open Thread 305 (December 04, 2023)
23 (December 05, 2023)
Beyond “Abolish The FDA” (December 06, 2023)
What Ever Happened To Neoreaction? (December 07, 2023)
Defying Cavity: Lantern Bioworks FAQ (December 07, 2023)
Apply For An ACX Grant (2024) (December 08, 2023)
Open Thread 306 (December 11, 2023)
Son Of Bride Of Bay Area House Party (December 12, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 306.5 (December 13, 2023)
Open Thread 307 (December 18, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 307.5 (December 21, 2023)
In The Long Run, We’re All Dad (December 22, 2023)
Open Thread 308 (December 24, 2023)
Hidden Open Thread 308.5 (December 28, 2023)
Open Thread 309 (January 01, 2024)
Singing The Blues (January 03, 2024)
Does Capitalism Beat Charity? (January 04, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 309.5 (January 06, 2024)
Open Thread 310 (January 08, 2024)
The Road To Honest AI (January 09, 2024)
Book Review: Cyropaedia (January 10, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 310.5 (January 11, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On Capitalism & Charity (January 11, 2024)
Open Thread 311 (January 15, 2024)
AI Sleeper Agents (January 16, 2024)
Against Learning From Dramatic Events (January 16, 2024)
Links For January 2024 (January 18, 2024)
Subscrive Drive 2024 + Free Unlocked Posts (January 18, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 311.5 (January 19, 2024)
Open Thread 312 (January 22, 2024)
Should The Future Be Human? (January 23, 2024)
Some Unintuitive Properties Of Polygenic Disorders (January 24, 2024)
The Psychopolitics Of Trauma (January 25, 2024)
Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island (January 26, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 312.5 (January 26, 2024)
Open Thread 313 (January 29, 2024)
24 (January 30, 2024)
Seems Like Targeting (January 31, 2024)
It’s Fair To Describe Schizophrenia As Probably Mostly Genetic (February 01, 2024)
Links At Length: Democratic Socialists’ Budget Crisis (February 02, 2024)
Open Thread 314 (February 05, 2024)
Contra The Atlantic On Polyamory (February 06, 2024)
You Don’t Hate Polyamory, You Hate People Who Write Books (February 07, 2024)
Evolution Explains Polygenic Structure (February 08, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 314.159 (February 09, 2024)
ACX Grants Results 2024 (February 10, 2024)
Open Thread 315 (February 12, 2024)
Sam Altman Wants $7 Trillion (February 13, 2024)
Love And Liberty (February 14, 2024)
X Fact Check: Does Gender Integration Moderate Politics? (February 15, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 315.5 (February 17, 2024)
Open Thread 316 (February 19, 2024)
24 (February 20, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On Polyamory (February 21, 2024)
Who Does Polygenic Selection Help? (February 23, 2024)
Open Thread 317 (February 26, 2024)
Less Utilitarian Than Thou (February 28, 2024)
Links For February 2024 (February 29, 2024)
Book Review Contest Rules 2024 (March 02, 2024)
Open Thread 318 (March 04, 2024)
Who Predicted 2023? (March 05, 2024)
ACX Grants Followup Impact Market (March 07, 2024)
How Should We Think About Race And “Lived Experience”? (March 07, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 318.5 (March 08, 2024)
Spring Meetups Everywhere 2024 - Call For Organizers (March 08, 2024)
Open Thread 319 (March 11, 2024)
24 (March 12, 2024)
Verses On Five People Being Killed By A Falling Package Of Foreign Aid (March 14, 2024)
In Partial Grudging Defense Of Some Aspects Of Therapy Culture (March 15, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 319.5 (March 16, 2024)
Open Thread 320 (March 18, 2024)
The Mystery Of Internet Survey IQs (March 20, 2024)
In Continued Defense Of Non-Frequentist Probabilities (March 21, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 321 (March 23, 2024)
Open Thread 322 (March 25, 2024)
Take The 2024 ACX Survey (March 26, 2024)
Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate (March 28, 2024)
Spring Meetups Everywhere 2024 (March 30, 2024)
Open Thread 323 (April 01, 2024)
Links For April 2024 (April 04, 2024)
Explicit Honesty (April 05, 2024)
Open Thread 324 (April 08, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On The Lab Leak Debate (April 09, 2024)
24 (April 11, 2024)
Open Thread 325 (April 15, 2024)
Updates on Lumina Probiotic (April 16, 2024)
Ye Olde Bay Area House Party (April 18, 2024)
ACX Survey Results 2024 (April 19, 2024)
Open Thread 326 (April 22, 2024)
Contra Hanson On Medical Effectiveness (April 24, 2024)
Desperately Trying To Fathom The Coffeepocalypse Argument (April 25, 2024)
Survey Results: PMS Symptoms (April 26, 2024)
Open Thread 327 (April 28, 2024)
Response to Hanson On Health Care (April 30, 2024)
Book Review: The Origins Of Woke (May 01, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 327.5 (May 02, 2024)
Open Thread 328 (May 06, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On “The Origin Of Woke” (May 07, 2024)
Zvi on California’s AI Bill (May 08, 2024)
The Emotional Support Animal Racket (May 09, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On Hanson And Health Care (May 10, 2024)
Open Thread 329 (May 13, 2024)
24 (May 13, 2024)
Profile: The Far Out Initiative (May 15, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 329.5 (May 16, 2024)
Choose Book Review Finalists 2024 (May 17, 2024)
Open Thread 330 (May 20, 2024)
Book Review: The Others Within Us (May 21, 2024)
A Theoretical “Case Against Education” (May 23, 2024)
Open Thread 331 (May 27, 2024)
What Is Going On In IFS? (May 28, 2024)
Links for May 2024 (May 29, 2024)
Contra Stone On EA (May 30, 2024)
Unsong Available In Paperback (May 31, 2024)
Open Thread 332 (June 03, 2024)
Berkeley Meetup This Wednesday (June 04, 2024)
Contra Hoel On Nerd Culture (June 07, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 332.5 (June 08, 2024)
Open Thread 333 (June 10, 2024)
Nobody Can Make You Feel Genetically Inferior Without Your Consent (June 12, 2024)
Failure To Replicate Anti-Vaccine Poll (June 14, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 333.333333 (June 14, 2024)
Open Thread 334 (June 17, 2024)
The Mistakes Are All Waiting To Be Made (June 18, 2024)
Fake Tradition Is Traditional (June 20, 2024)
Your Book Review: Autobiography Of Yukichi Fukuzawa (June 21, 2024)
Open Thread 335 (June 24, 2024)
Clarification On “Fake Tradition Is Traditional” (June 25, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 335.5 (June 27, 2024)
My 2024 Presidential Debate (June 27, 2024)
Subscriber Bonus Debate Questions (June 28, 2024)
Your Book Review: Dominion (June 28, 2024)
Open Thread 336 (July 01, 2024)
Prediction Markets Suggest Replacing Biden (July 02, 2024)
Your Book Review: Don Juan (July 05, 2024)
Open Thread 337 (July 08, 2024)
Details That You Should Include In Your Article On How We Should Do Something About Mentally Ill Homeless People (July 09, 2024)
Lifeboat Games And Backscratchers Clubs (July 11, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 337.5 (July 12, 2024)
Your Book Review: The Family That Couldn’t Sleep (July 12, 2024)
Open Thread 338 (July 15, 2024)
Consciousness As Recursive Reflections (July 16, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On Mentally Ill Homeless People (July 18, 2024)
Your Book Review: How Language Began (July 19, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 338.5 (July 19, 2024)
Open Thread 339 (July 22, 2024)
Some Practical Considerations Before Descending Into An Orgy Of Vengeance (July 23, 2024)
Links for July 2024 (July 24, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 339.5 (July 25, 2024)
Your Book Review: Real Raw News (July 26, 2024)
Open Thread 340 (July 29, 2024)
Matt Yglesias Considered As The Nietzschean Superman (July 30, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 340.5 (August 01, 2024)
Meetups Everywhere Fall 2024 - Call for Organizers (August 01, 2024)
Your Book Review: Two Arms and a Head (August 02, 2024)
Open Thread 341 (August 05, 2024)
Altruism And Vitalism As Fellow Travelers (August 06, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On Nietzsche (August 08, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 341.5 (August 09, 2024)
Your Book Review: How the War Was Won (August 09, 2024)
Open Thread 342 (August 12, 2024)
Why Does Ozempic Cure All Diseases? (August 13, 2024)
How Do We Rate The Importance Of Historical Figures? (August 14, 2024)
Your Book Review: Silver Age Marvel Comics (August 16, 2024)
Open Thread 343 (August 19, 2024)
Lukianoff And Defining Cancel Culture (August 21, 2024)
The Compounding Loophole (August 22, 2024)
Your Book Review: The Complete Rhyming Dictionary and Poet’s Craft Book (1936 Edition) (August 23, 2024)
Open Thread 344 (August 26, 2024)
In Defense Of “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” (August 28, 2024)
Meetups Everywhere 2024: Times & Places (August 29, 2024)
Your Book Review: The History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe (August 30, 2024)
Open Thread 345 (September 02, 2024)
Interview Day At Thiel Capital (September 03, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On “Sorry You Feel That Way” (September 05, 2024)
Your Book Review: The Pale King (September 06, 2024)
Open Thread 346 (September 09, 2024)
Contra DeBoer On Temporal Copernicanism (September 10, 2024)
Links For September 2024 (September 12, 2024)
Your Book Review: Nine Lives (September 13, 2024)
Berkeley Meetup This Saturday (September 14, 2024)
Open Thread 347 (September 16, 2024)
24 (September 17, 2024)
Sakana, Strawberry, and Scary AI (September 18, 2024)
Your Book Review: The Ballad of the White Horse (September 20, 2024)
Open Thread 348 (September 23, 2024)
How Often Do Men Think About Rome? (September 24, 2024)
2024 (September 26, 2024)
Vote In The 2024 Book Review Contest (September 27, 2024)
Open Thread 349 (September 30, 2024)
Ballots Everywhere: Call For Organizers, Times, & Dates (September 30, 2024)
Preliminary Milei Report Card (October 01, 2024)
Against The Cultural Christianity Argument (October 04, 2024)
Ballots Everywhere: Times And Places (October 04, 2024)
Open Thread 350 (October 07, 2024)
Triple Tragedy And Thankful Theory (October 09, 2024)
SB 1047: Our Side Of The Story (October 10, 2024)
Book Review Contest 2024 Winners (October 11, 2024)
Open Thread 351 (October 13, 2024)
AI Art Turing Test (October 14, 2024)
Mostleastremarkablegate And The Nature Of Online Harassment (October 15, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 351.5 (October 16, 2024)
Book Review: Deep Utopia (October 17, 2024)
Open Thread 352 (October 21, 2024)
ACX Local Voting Guides (October 22, 2024)
Secrets Of The Median Voter Theorem (October 23, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 352.5 (October 23, 2024)
Notes From The Progress Studies Conference (October 24, 2024)
Open Thread 353 (October 28, 2024)
The Case Against California Proposition 36 (October 29, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 353.5 (October 30, 2024)
ACX Endorses Harris, Oliver, Or Stein (October 30, 2024)
Links For November 2024 (November 01, 2024)
Open Thread 354 (November 04, 2024)
Mantic Monday: Judgment Day (November 05, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 354.5 (November 06, 2024)
Congrats To Polymarket, But I Still Think They Were Mispriced (November 07, 2024)
Game Theory Of Michigan Muslims (November 08, 2024)
Open Thread 355 (November 11, 2024)
Book Review: The Rise Of Christianity (November 12, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 355.5 (November 14, 2024)
The Early Christian Strategy (November 14, 2024)
Open Thread 356 (November 18, 2024)
How Did You Do On The AI Art Turing Test? (November 20, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 356.5 (November 21, 2024)
Against The Generalized Anti-Caution Argument (November 22, 2024)
Open Thread 357 (November 25, 2024)
Prison And Crime: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (November 27, 2024)
Open Thread 358 (December 02, 2024)
Book Review: From Bauhaus To Our House (December 04, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 358.5 (December 05, 2024)
Friendly And Hostile Analogies For Taste (December 05, 2024)
Indulge Your Internet Addiction By Reading About Internet Addiction (December 06, 2024)
Open Thread 359 (December 09, 2024)
Highlights From The Comments On Prison (December 10, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 359.5 (December 12, 2024)
The Innocent And The Beautiful Have No Enemy But Time (December 12, 2024)
Open Thread 360 (December 16, 2024)
Links For December 2024 (December 17, 2024)
Hidden Open Thread 360.5 (December 19, 2024)
Claude Fights Back (December 19, 2024)
Take The 2025 ACX Survey (December 20, 2024)
Open Thread 361 (December 23, 2024)
Why Worry About Incorrigible Claude? (December 24, 2024)
Open Thread 362 (December 30, 2024)
H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (January 01, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 362.5 (January 02, 2025)
It’s Still Easier To Imagine The End Of The World Than The End Of Capitalism (January 02, 2025)
Can You Hate Everyone In Rome? (January 03, 2025)
Open Thread 363 (January 06, 2025)
On Priesthoods (January 08, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 363.5 (January 09, 2025)
Bureaucracy Isn’t Measured In Bureaucrats (January 09, 2025)
Open Thread 364 (January 13, 2025)
Subscrive Drive ‘25 + Free Unlocked Posts (January 14, 2025)
How To Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Lynn’s National IQ Estimates (January 15, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 364.5 (January 15, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On Lynn And IQ (January 16, 2025)
Links For January 2025 (January 17, 2025)
Open Thread 365 (January 20, 2025)
Metaculus Forecasting Contest (January 20, 2025)
Everyone’s A Based Post-Christian Vitalist Until The Grooming Gangs Show Up (January 23, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 365.5 (January 23, 2025)
Open Thread 366 (January 27, 2025)
ACX Survey Results 2025 (January 29, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 366.666 (January 30, 2025)
Why Recurring Dream Themes? (January 30, 2025)
Open Thread 367 (February 03, 2025)
25 (February 03, 2025)
Money Saved By Canceling Programs Does Not Immediately Flow To The Best Possible Alternative (February 06, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 367.5 (February 06, 2025)
1DaySooner’s Trump II Health Policy Proposals (February 07, 2025)
Open Thread 368 (February 10, 2025)
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Deliberative Alignment, And The Spec (February 12, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 368.5 (February 12, 2025)
Only About 40% Of The Cruz “Woke Science” Database Is Woke Science (February 14, 2025)
Open Thread 369 (February 16, 2025)
Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Defeats Most Proofs Of God’s Existence (February 19, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 369.5 (February 20, 2025)
Lives Of The Rationalist Saints (February 20, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe (February 21, 2025)
Open Thread 370 (February 24, 2025)
Why I Am Not A Conflict Theorist (February 26, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 370.5 (February 27, 2025)
Links For February 2025 (February 27, 2025)
Everything-Except-Book Review Contest 2025 (February 28, 2025)
Open Thread 371 (March 03, 2025)
Spring Meetups Everywhere 2025 - Call For Organizers (March 05, 2025)
Open Thread 371.5 (March 05, 2025)
Why Should Intelligence Be Related To Neuron Count? (March 07, 2025)
Open Thread 372 (March 10, 2025)
What Happened To NAEP Scores? (March 10, 2025)
The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh (March 12, 2025)
OpenAI Nonprofit Buyout: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (March 13, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 372.5 (March 13, 2025)
Open Thread 373 (March 17, 2025)
Misophonia: Beyond Sensory Sensitivity (March 19, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 373.5 (March 20, 2025)
More Drowning Children (March 21, 2025)
Open Thread 374 (March 24, 2025)
Meetups Everywhere Spring 2025: Times & Places (March 25, 2025)
“Deros And The Ur-Abduction” In Asterisk (March 26, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 374.5 (March 27, 2025)
Open Thread 375 (March 31, 2025)
The Colors Of Her Coat (April 01, 2025)
Introducing AI 2027 (April 03, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 375.5 (April 04, 2025)
Open Thread 376 (April 07, 2025)
My Takeaways From AI 2027 (April 08, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 376.5 (April 10, 2025)
Twilight Of The Edgelords (April 10, 2025)
Come On, Obviously The Purpose Of A System Is Not What It Does (April 11, 2025)
Open Thread 377 (April 14, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On POSIWID (April 15, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 377.5 (April 16, 2025)
25 (April 17, 2025)
Yet Another Reason To Hate College Admissions Essays (April 18, 2025)
Open Thread 378 (April 21, 2025)
Links For April 2025 (April 22, 2025)
With This Character’s Death, The Thread Of Prophecy Is Severed (April 23, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 378.5 (April 24, 2025)
AI Futures: Blogging And AMA (April 24, 2025)
AMA With AI Futures Project Team (April 25, 2025)
Open Thread 379 (April 28, 2025)
The Populist Right Must Own Tariffs (April 30, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 379.5 (April 30, 2025)
You Can Keep Having An Opinion Even When The Government Also Has It (May 01, 2025)
Testing AI’s GeoGuessr Genius (May 02, 2025)
Open Thread 380 (May 05, 2025)
Moldbug Sold Out (May 07, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 380.5 (May 08, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On AI Geoguessr (May 08, 2025)
The Twins Join The Linguistic-Symbolic Order (May 09, 2025)
Open Thread 381 (May 12, 2025)
petfree (May 14, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 381.5 (May 15, 2025)
Book Review: Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids (May 15, 2025)
Open Thread 382 (May 19, 2025)
The Other COVID Reckoning (May 21, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 382.5 (May 21, 2025)
The Evidence That A Million Americans Died Of COVID (May 22, 2025)
Contra MR On Charity Regrants (May 22, 2025)
Moments Of Awakening (May 23, 2025)
Open Thread 383 (May 26, 2025)
Sorry, I Still Think MR Is Wrong About USAID (May 29, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 383.5 (May 29, 2025)
Bayes For Everyone (May 30, 2025)
Open Thread 384 (June 02, 2025)
Berkeley Meetup This Wednesday (June 03, 2025)
Choose Nonbook Review Finalists 2025 (June 03, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 384.5 (June 05, 2025)
Open Thread 385 (June 09, 2025)
P-Zombies Would Report Qualia (June 10, 2025)
If It’s Worth Your Time To Lie, It’s Worth My Time To Correct It (June 11, 2025)
“But” vs. “Yes, But” (June 12, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 385.5 (June 12, 2025)
The Claude Bliss Attractor (June 13, 2025)
Open Thread 386 (June 16, 2025)
ACX Grants 1-3 Year Updates (June 18, 2025)
Open Questions For Future ACX Grants Rounds (June 19, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 386.5 (June 19, 2025)
Make A Personalized AI Kids’ Book (June 20, 2025)
Open Thread 387 (June 23, 2025)
Missing Heritability: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (June 26, 2025)
Your Review: Alpha School (June 27, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 387.5 (June 27, 2025)
Open Thread 388 (June 30, 2025)
Contra Skolnick On Schizophrenia Microbes (June 30, 2025)
Links For July 2025 (July 01, 2025)
Using AI To Research The Missing Heritability Post (July 02, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On Missing Heritability (July 03, 2025)
Your Review: School (July 04, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 388.5 (July 04, 2025)
Open Thread 389 (July 07, 2025)
Now I Really Won That AI Bet (July 08, 2025)
Practically-A-Book Review: Byrnes on Trance (July 09, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 389.5 (July 10, 2025)
Your Review: Of Mice, Mechanisms, and Dementia (July 11, 2025)
Open Thread 390 (July 14, 2025)
Book Review: Arguments About Aborigines (July 15, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 390.5 (July 17, 2025)
Your Review: Islamic Geometric Patterns In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art (July 18, 2025)
Open Thread 391 (July 21, 2025)
Press Any Key For Bay Area House Party (July 21, 2025)
Apply For An ACX Grant (2025) (July 24, 2025)
Your Review: The Astral Codex Ten Commentariat (“Why Do We Suck?”) (July 26, 2025)
Open Thread 392 (July 28, 2025)
My Heart Of Hearts (July 30, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 392.5 (July 31, 2025)
Suddenly, Trait-Based Embryo Selection (July 31, 2025)
Your Review: Joan of Arc (August 01, 2025)
Open Thread 393 (August 04, 2025)
Should Strong Gods Bet On GDP? (August 05, 2025)
Fall Meetups Everywhere - Call for Organizers (August 06, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 393.5 (August 06, 2025)
Dream Book Review: The Deal With Trauma (August 07, 2025)
Your Review: My Father’s Instant Mashed Potatoes (August 08, 2025)
Open Thread 394 (August 11, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On Liberalism And Communities (August 12, 2025)
Dictator Book Club: Mussolini On Fascism (August 13, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 394.5 (August 14, 2025)
In Defense Of The Amyloid Hypothesis (August 14, 2025)
Your Review: Dating Men In The Bay Area (August 15, 2025)
Open Thread 395 (August 18, 2025)
My Responses To Three Concerns From The Embryo Selection Post (August 20, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 395.5 (August 21, 2025)
Your Review: Ollantay (August 22, 2025)
Open Thread 396 (August 25, 2025)
In Search Of AI Psychosis (August 26, 2025)
Open Thread 396.5 (August 28, 2025)
The Economics Of Envy (August 28, 2025)
Open Letter To The NIH (August 29, 2025)
Meetups Everywhere 2025: Times and Places (August 29, 2025)
Open Thread 397 (September 01, 2025)
What Is Man, That Thou Art Mindful Of Him? (September 02, 2025)
Open Thread 397.5 (September 03, 2025)
Links For September 2025 (September 04, 2025)
Your Review: Participation in Phase I Clinical Pharmaceutical Research (September 05, 2025)
Berkeley Meetup This Tuesday (September 07, 2025)
Open Thread 398 (September 08, 2025)
I’m Gruesome For Newsom (September 09, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 398.5 (September 11, 2025)
Book Review: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies (September 11, 2025)
Your Review: The Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Hypothesis (September 12, 2025)
Open Thread 399 (September 15, 2025)
Defining Defending Democracy: Contra The Election Winner Argument (September 18, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 399.5 (September 18, 2025)
Your Review: Project Xanadu - The Internet That Might Have Been (September 19, 2025)
Open Thread 400 (September 22, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 400.5 (September 25, 2025)
Sources Say Bay Area House Party (September 25, 2025)
Open Thread 401 (September 29, 2025)
The Fatima Sun Miracle: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (October 01, 2025)
Vote In The 2025 Non-Book Review Contest (October 03, 2025)
Open Thread 402 (October 06, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 402.5 (October 08, 2025)
Fascism Can’t Mean Both A Specific Ideology And A Legitimate Target (October 10, 2025)
Open Thread 403 (October 13, 2025)
ACX Grants Results 2025 (October 13, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 403.5 (October 16, 2025)
Non-Book Review Contest 2025 Winners (October 17, 2025)
Open Thread 404 (October 20, 2025)
Tech PACs Are Closing In On The Almonds (October 21, 2025)
My Antichrist Lecture (October 22, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On Fatima (October 24, 2025)
Open Thread 405 (October 27, 2025)
25 (October 28, 2025)
Links For October 2025 (October 30, 2025)
Open Thread 406 (November 03, 2025)
Writing For The AIs (November 03, 2025)
The Bloomer’s Paradox (November 06, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 406.5 (November 06, 2025)
In What Sense Is Life Suffering? (November 07, 2025)
Open Thread 407 (November 10, 2025)
What Happened To SF Homelessness? (November 12, 2025)
ACX Forecasting Contest (November 14, 2025)
Open Thread 408 (November 17, 2025)
God Help Us, Let’s Try To Have An Opinion On The War In Gaza (November 18, 2025)
The New AI Consciousness Paper (November 20, 2025)
Open Thread 409 (November 24, 2025)
Why AI Safety Won’t Make America Lose The Race With China (November 26, 2025)
Against The Omnipresent Advantage Argument For Trans Sports (November 27, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 409.5 (November 28, 2025)
Open Thread 410 (December 01, 2025)
The Good News Is That One Side Has Definitively Won The Missing Heritability Debate (December 03, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 410.5 (December 04, 2025)
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (December 04, 2025)
Open Thread 411 (December 08, 2025)
Links For December 2025 (December 10, 2025)
Hidden Open Thread 411.5 (December 10, 2025)
Open Thread 412 (December 15, 2025)
The Pledge (December 17, 2025)
Against Against Boomers (December 19, 2025)
Open Thread 413 (December 22, 2025)
Metaculus Prediction Contest 2026 (December 27, 2025)
Open Thread 414 (December 29, 2025)
Highlights From The Comments On Vibecession (December 31, 2025)
Learn Phrygian In Zero Days (January 01, 2026)
You Have Only X Years To Escape Permanent Moon Ownership (January 02, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 414.5 (January 02, 2026)
Open Thread 415 (January 05, 2026)
Highlights From The Comments On Boomers (January 06, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 415.5 (January 08, 2026)
Sell Me This Pen (January 08, 2026)
The Permanent Emergency (January 09, 2026)
Open Thread 416 (January 12, 2026)
Mantic Monday: The Monkey’s Paw Curls (January 13, 2026)
SOTA On Bay Area House Party (January 13, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 416.5 (January 14, 2026)
The Dilbert Afterlife (January 16, 2026)
Open Thread 417 (January 19, 2026)
Highlights From The Comments On Scott Adams (January 21, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 417.5 (January 22, 2026)
Slightly Against The “Other People’s Money” Argument Against Aid (January 23, 2026)
Open Thread 418 (January 26, 2026)
26 (January 29, 2026)
Best Of Moltbook (January 30, 2026)
Open Thread 419 (February 02, 2026)
Moltbook: After The First Weekend (February 02, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 419.5 (February 05, 2026)
Links For February 2026 (February 05, 2026)
Open Thread 420 (February 09, 2026)
Political Backflow From Europe (February 11, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 420.5 (February 12, 2026)
What Happened With Bio Anchors? (February 12, 2026)
AMA (Ask Machines Anything) (February 13, 2026)
Open Thread 421 (February 16, 2026)
Record Low Crime Rates Are Real, Not Just Reporting Bias Or Improved Medical Care (February 18, 2026)
Crime As Proxy For Disorder (February 19, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 421.5 (February 20, 2026)
Book Review Contest Rules 2026 (February 20, 2026)
Open Thread 422 (February 23, 2026)
Malicious Streetlight Effects Vs. “Directional Correctness” - A Semi-Non-Apology (February 24, 2026)
The Pentagon Threatens Anthropic (February 25, 2026)
Open Thread 422.5 (February 26, 2026)
Next-Token Predictor Is An AI’s Job, Not Its Species (February 26, 2026)
“All Lawful Use”: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (March 01, 2026)
Open Thread 423 (March 02, 2026)
Mantic Monday: Groundhog Day (March 03, 2026)
Open Hidden Open Thread 423.5 (March 04, 2026)
SEIU Delenda Est (March 06, 2026)
Open Thread 424 (March 09, 2026)
Last Rights (March 11, 2026)
Lines Composed In A Fake Sequoia Forest (March 11, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 424.5 (March 12, 2026)
Spring Meetups Everywhere 2026 - Call For Organizers (March 13, 2026)
Open Thread 425 (March 16, 2026)
Shameless Guesses, Not Hallucinations (March 16, 2026)
Support Your Local Collaborator (March 18, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 425.5 (March 18, 2026)
Being John Rawls (March 19, 2026)
Open Thread 426 (March 23, 2026)
Every Debate On Pausing AI (March 25, 2026)
How Natural Tradeoff And Failure Components? (March 26, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 426.5 (March 26, 2026)
Book Review: The White King Of La Gonave (March 27, 2026)
A Buddhist Sun Miracle? (March 27, 2026)
Open Thread 427 (March 30, 2026)
Against The Concept Of Telescopic Altruism (March 31, 2026)
Meetups Everywhere Spring 2026: Times & Places (April 01, 2026)
Hidden Open Thread 427.5 (April 03, 2026)
The PauseAI Protest: A Photo-Essay (April 03, 2026)
Open Thread 428 (April 06, 2026)

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