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How to do things better. Mental tools, self-improvement, business.
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The Algernon Argument: Not just about intelligence
If there were an intervention that would result in enhanced intelligence, why have we not already evolved that way? The answer is the Algernon argument.…
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The US Democracy Threat Index: Monitoring if the country is doing well
Metaculus has introduced a US Democracy Threat Index. Here is their description: [It] combines 39 concrete forecast questions into a single metric tracking institutional resilience.…
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Travel Tools: What I keep in my car
This is a small bag I keep in my car’s glove compartment. I’ve used the tools and repair materials it contains often enough that I…
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The Jerk Funnel: When you surround yourself with nuisances
James Steinberg has come up with an interesting concept: There are behaviors and processes that unintentionally result in being surrounded by assholes. Unfortunately, he has…
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What Do You Want? The answer probably isn’t obvious
Philosophy Bear is asking a simple but interesting question here.
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Effective Mess: The garbage can model of organizations and the fractured entanglement of AI
Chaos always defeats order because it is better organized Terry Pratchett A few weeks ago, I shared a pointer to a podcast about the internal…
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