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All the existential risk, none of the economic impact. That's a shitty trade
I offer "no economic boost," you receive "P(doom)"
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Reflexive commentary following assassination attempt, NYT top 100 books are biased toward the early 2000s, GPT-5 delay means no intelligence…
Desiderata #28: links and commentary
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Oops, we maxed out intelligence but minimized wisdom
Listen, D&D stats are at least as good as Myers-Briggs, okay?
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Sampling the 2024 blogosphere: Part 2
The Intrinsic Perspective's summer subscriber writing extravaganza
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The #1 AI can't teach basic stuff like reading
Claude Sonnet 3.5 fails miserably at preschool lesson planning
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June 2024

Presidential debate shifts prediction markets. The internet shares CPS stories with me. Evopsych results fail to replicate. Emerson…
Desiderata #27: links and commentary
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Scientific American falsely links homeschooling to abuse
Neglecting the base rate is something SciAm should check
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Becoming a parent made me a better person
A reply to the "regretful parent" genre
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Sampling the 2024 blogosphere: Part 1
The Intrinsic Perspective's summer subscriber writing extravaganza
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Getting your child to love reading in 2024
Teaching (very) early reading: Part 2
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Goodbye to Noam Chomsky, OpenAI's trust problem, Crows caw numbers, Star signs of Dyson spheres?
Desiderata #26: links and commentary
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Academia is dangerously close to "network or perish"
A managerial climb rewards managers
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