Month: June 2022

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Jonathan Haidt is Wrong—Weekly Wisdom

Title of the post with a triangular cutout of a picture of Jonathan Haidt giving a speech.
A picture of Jonathan Haidt giving a speech.courtesy of the Miller Center for Public Affairs

Also, the victimlympics involved in cancel culture, a better written account of twitter not being real, some great advice and why ‘realists’ are anything but!

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Asymmetric Outcomes—Weekly Wisdom

Title of the post with a graph showing symmetric probability and asymmetric outcomes.

Also, the burden of shame, the joy of leisure, Uber’s terrible unit economics, and thoughts on Utilitarianism.

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Reminiscing Y2K—Weekly Wisdom

The title of the post with a triangular cutout of a photo. A photo of a french sign on january 3, 2000 showing the incorrect year of 1900
The title of the post with a triangular cutout of a photo. A photo of a french sign on january 3, 2000 showing the incorrect year of 1900

Also, thoughts on terrorism, friendships, digital serfdom, writing with a slant, and why the carbon offset market is a scam.

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The Policy of Truth—Weekly Wisdom

The title of the post, "The Policy of Truth", with a triangular cutout of Andrew 'Fletch' Fletcher. Fletch was the keyboardist for the band Depeche Mode.
The title of the post, "The Andrew 'Fletch' Fletcher. Fletch was the keyboardist for the band Depeche Mode.

On the pointlessness of successes & failures, cherry picking science, tribalism, my favourite album and what is money, anyway?