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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.

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Recovering the detail that systems destroy

Thinkwert Twitter Games

All things synthetic.

Systems Politics and Regime Change

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

When my daughters aren’t hiding my notebooks, I write essays about stuff that makes me feel human

Happy the dumb beast, wretched the mortal

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

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

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

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.

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

Essays for interesting people about talent, literature, and biography. "One of my favourite Substacks." Helen Lewis

Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.

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

Get the latest updates on our magazine, featuring 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.

Chinese tech longform analysis

Deeply researched interviews

Moose

Miscellaneous thoughts as I figure out life

The only timeline you'll ever need.

What academia knows* about innovation

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

Tales from the history of innovation.

Stay on top of the latest tech and startup stories.

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.

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