Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Again, I’m picking on Scott for reasons. The same is true of every other essayist I love. Sam Kriss at his best provides catharsis; at his worst, a sense of jaded superiority. Ted Gioia at his best makes me fall in love with art and music as if for the first time; at his worst, like I’m part of a small culturally-literate elite in a crumbling world... See more
Confessions of a Cringe Soy Redditor
Compare psychiatrist Scott Alexander’s account, in “Against Tulip Subsidies” (https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/06/against-tulip-subsidies/): In America, aspiring doctors do four years of undergrad in whatever area they want (I did Philosophy), then four more
Eliezer Yudkowsky • Inadequate Equilibria
Progress is good. As Steven Pinker has argued, most things are getting better over time. We are richer, healthier, safer, and better-educated than our ancestors. Although redistribution and social changes can make things better or worse around the edges, most of our current fortunate position comes from simple economic growth.
Scott Alexander • Notes From The Progress Studies Conference
“human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.”
Maria Popova • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
