The 13 Books I Finished in February
The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan Rauch Trans: When Ideology...
Eschatologist #14 The Fragility of Peace
It seems that some people are over-reacting to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We have gone so long...
What If Things Are Changing Faster than We Can Adapt?
At some point, in some episode (and probably several episodes) I asserted that: The world is...
In Defense of Listening to Audiobooks at 3x (And of Reading a Lot in General)
I take a break from talking about the collapse of society and the world to rant about reading. In...
The 12 Books I Finished in January
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by: Patrick Radden Keefe Viral:...
Eschatologist #13 Antifragility
It's time for my newsletter again, and after going step by step through the ideas of Taleb we...
Pandemic: The End of the Beginning
It's not the end of the pandemic or even the beginning of the end, but we might be at the end of...
The Tricky Business of Reality Construction
I return to a discussion of Douthat's "Deep Places" in particular what it tells about modern...
The 7 Books I Finished in December
Why Liberalism Failed by: Patrick J. Deenen Leviathan Falls by: James S. A. Corey...
It's that time of year when people make predictions. I also make predictions though I do them...
If We Were Amusing Ourselves to Death in the 80s, What Are We Doing Now? (Classic)
I decide to take the end of the year off. But I didn't want to leave my loyal listeners without...
What “The Expanse” Can Teach Us about Fermi’s Paradox
The ninth book and sixth season of The Expanse were both just released. I haven't watched much of...
The 8 Books I Finished in November (And the One Series I Decided Not to Finish)
The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery by: Ross Douthat Nightmare Scenario: Inside...
Lately people have been using the idea that something is a black swan as excuse for being...
The Problems the Past vs. The Problems of the Present
A couple of months ago Gwern published a list of improvements since 1990. I thought it gave short...
Shallow Seriousness Is Crowding Out Deep Seriousness
I got some pushback on the episodes I did about Afghanistan. Some of it was directed at the idea...
The 8.5 Books I Finished in October
Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by: Michael J. Sandel Quick Fix: Why Fad...
Eschatologist #10 Mediocristan and Extremistan
There are at least two kinds of randomness in the world: normal, as in a normal distribution or a...
Government Spending and Skin in the Game
As I record this Congress is debating whether they should pass a $3.5 trillion bill or only a...
A Deeper Understanding of How Bad Things Happen
Risk comes in lots of different forms. In Skin in the Game, Taleb's last, underrated book. He...
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