The Intrinsic Perspective

IVF epigenetic damage gets worse across generations; The next Project Hail Mary; AI's "odorless" math proofs; Waymo at 100% human oversight…

Desiderata #39

Apr 2 • Erik Hoel

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March 2026

Hubris

The Lore of the World

Mar 19 • Erik Hoel

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RIP Dan Simmons. Why Weren't You More Famous?

The world hates a polymath

Mar 13 • Erik Hoel

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Bits In, Bits Out

Six years of AI and the world got stupider

Mar 5 • Erik Hoel

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February 2026

My New Org to Solve Consciousness (or Die Trying); A Rogue AI Community That Wasn't; David Foster Wallace Is Still Right; Cow Tools Are…

Desiderata #38: links and commentary

Feb 5 • Erik Hoel

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January 2026

It Only Snows Like This for Children

The Lore of the World: Snow

Jan 26 • Erik Hoel

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Proving (literally) that ChatGPT isn't conscious

There is nothing it is like to be a Large Language Model

Jan 15 • Erik Hoel

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December 2025

How Kids Actually Get Good at Math in America

Teaching (Very) Early Math: Part 1 of.... yikes

Dec 19, 2025 • Erik Hoel

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Our Overfitted Century

Cultural stagnation is because we're stuck in-distribution

Dec 8, 2025 • Erik Hoel

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November 2025

Pluribus and Our Age of Hive Minds

The tyranny of online life

Nov 18, 2025 • Erik Hoel

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John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse

Pop-hereditarianism is built on selective credulity

Nov 12, 2025 • Erik Hoel

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The Internet You Missed: A Last 2025 Snapshot

TIP's community writing: Part 2 of 2

Nov 5, 2025 • Erik Hoel

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