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Status Games: Memes, Markets, and the Impro Economy
From “6–7” to Claude Code: how cultures form, coordinate, and confuse us. Why we feel poor, why America dies younger; US vs China and where AI might be…
Jan 11
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Bans, Repair, and the Shape of Care
On children’s rights, sustainability, and what we reach for when things feel broken
Dec 21, 2025
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The Weirdness of Wanting
On Tyler Cowen, Larry Temkin, and why flourishing is not a spreadsheet.
Dec 20, 2025
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Who's the G.O.A.T. Economist? Tyler Cowen's AI generative book.
Oct 24, 2023
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The Weirdness of Wanting
Dec 20, 2025
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Why UnConference?
Aug 18, 2024
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I meet a coffin maker, Ghana
Aug 25, 2025
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Britain still (mostly) works; Glasto highlights
Jun 29, 2025
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Why optimism
Jun 1, 2025
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Zero-sum, status and freedom: three lenses on the new political cleavage
Jerusalem Demsas argues for zero-sum vs positive-sum. I think status and freedom are two other important lenses to add to the mix.
Dec 9, 2025
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Social media bans for children: do they make sense?
My conclusion: evidence for serious average harm is weak, the harms are concentrated in subgroups, and that this specific policy is an extremely blunt…
Dec 9, 2025
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Deirdre McCloskey talk about queerness and liberalism
Summary of McCloskey’s lecture and the Q&A, focusing on queer issues, liberalism, and the state.
Dec 6, 2025
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A scoop of Dexter Freebish
Writing: New Jersey travels and ice cream, Salima Saxton on illness and family. Fame and bodies: Lizzo on weight and body positivity, Charli XCX on…
Nov 30, 2025
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A tomato in the rain; AI Oblivious, Climate 2093
Travel: Boston and healthcare drug prices. Life: Vignette of tomatoes in the rain. Hannah Ritchie on 50 climate questions. AI:Jack Clark on future…
Nov 2, 2025
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Policing, motherhood, obesity
Justin Bieber family values. Institutions of motherhood. Policing Podcast. Health: My panel chat on obesity. Autism: Naomi Fisher against determinism…
Oct 5, 2025
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Climate theatre, China, Freedom
Theatre: Climate plays. Philosophy: Freedom podcast with Rebecca Lowe, Tyler Cowen. China: Dan Wang book engineers v lawyers; Jasmine Sun tech and life…
Sep 7, 2025
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