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Systems Politics and Regime Change

Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.

Recovering the detail that systems destroy

Nerdy literature newsletter. Helping you make the most of your reading.

Deeply researched interviews

happy the dumb beast, wretched the mortal

All things synthetic.

Jeff Ding's weekly translations of writings from Chinese thinkers on China's AI landscape

Notes on the history of technology, medicine, science, art, drugs, and empire. Also: AI in research and teaching.

What academia knows* about innovation

AI, futurism, metascience, history, literature, philosophy, and whatever else I'm obsessed about at the moment

Natural philosophy, belles-lettres, polemics.

Observations informed by having paid attention for a long time.

Weekly podcast episodes with transcripts, plus the occasional longer post

Conversations on population genetics, evolution, history, books, and culture

I write essays about relationships, thinking, and agency, sometimes with my wife. We live on a windswept island in the Baltic Sea with our two daughters.

Bridging the gap between the world's most important industry, semiconductors, and business.

New and underrated ideas to improve the world. Visit our website: worksinprogress.co

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Exploring the best in animation from all around the world — part investigation, part treasure hunt.

A newsletter about science, social-justice-activism, why they sometimes fight, and how to help them get along better -- plus a good deal of other, more random stuff.

Miscellaneous thoughts as I figure out life

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Tales from the history of innovation.

A monthly newsletter on prediction markets and forecasting platforms: what they're up to, where they are going, and what they should be doing.

Articles, interviews, and news coverage about AI brought to you by a team of AI researchers and builders.

A world made of gears. Doing both speed premium short term updates and long term world model building. Currently focused on weekly AI updates. Explorations include AI, policy, rationality, medicine and fertility, education and games.

I want to help people start historically great labs. Operational histories on history's best R&D orgs.

Moose

Links and stuff

Thinkwert Twitter Games

A deep dive into text game history, from The Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon, now in book form! Click "No thanks" below to skip the subscribe box; the top story has details on how to get your own copy.

Chinese tech longform analysis

Stray thoughts, notes, and digressive ditties.

Musings about living life online. Essays sent when I have something to say (usually every couple months).

The only timeline you'll ever need.