Archive - The Intrinsic Perspective

Lumina controversy, literary scandals, Google tackles AI-pollution, cultural drift, and how to meet me in person

Desiderata #24: links and commentary

3 hrs ago •

How to become a successful scientist: a guide

Surviving academia and getting to what matters

Apr 16 •

IQ discourse is increasingly unhinged

Myth-busting becomes necessary

Apr 10 •

The Gen Z gender divide: The Intrinsic Podcast #4

Listen now | Guest Ruxandra Teslo assesses the political and social split

Apr 5 •

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Richard Dawkins a Christian? Beethoven's genes bad at music? Smartphones not behind depression? What?

Desiderata #23: links and commentary

Apr 3 •

March 2024

How The New York Times beat me

In publishing, the house always wins

Mar 29 •

The end of (online) history

Hegelian dialectics for the 21st Century

Mar 26 •

Is it moral to lock writing behind paywalls?

A question that answers itself

Mar 20 •

Lit mag Guernica implodes, LLMs beat neuroscientists, CS vs. Philosophy deathmatch, AI pollution reaches science

Desiderata #22: links and commentary

Mar 15 •

AI keeps getting better at talking about consciousness

But does it matter?

Mar 13 •

Ask Erik Hoel: "If I take a job at Meta, should I go long-distance with my girlfriend?"

TIP advice column #1

Mar 5 •

Did novels stop mattering in the 2010s?

Searching for literature's missing impact

Mar 1 •

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