Substacks recommended by Erik Hoel | The Intrinsic Perspective

Recommended by Erik Hoel

Pro-progress, anti-safetyist commentary on Scientific & Cultural matters from a Genomics PhD. Attempting to shape culture towards optimism, an abundance mindset & freedom.

A Mug of Insights

By Robin Waldun

A Young Academic's Notebook: Learning how to live through the pages of philosophy and literature.

Psychiatry at the Margins

By Awais Aftab

Exploring critical, philosophical, and scientific debates in psychiatric practice and the psy-sciences

Silver Bulletin

By Nate Silver

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

ILLUSTRATED by Alexander Naughton

Graphic mumblings and ravings. Illustrated dissections of life. A merry chase.

Expresses an elder wisdom through images innocently childlike and fantastical

- Erik Hoel

Litverse

By Blaise Lucey

Exploring contemporary culture through the lens of literature, music, and the metaverse.

Literature, culture, music, an eclectic gallery of pieces

- Erik Hoel

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

Penetrating insights on luxury beliefs, human psychology, and social class

- Erik Hoel

The Egg And The Rock

By Julian Gough

Novelist Julian Gough (author of Minecraft's End Poem) redescribes the universe.

He wrote the beautiful End Poem of Minecraft. What is there more to say?

- Erik Hoel

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Deeply insightful takes on society, culture, and psychology. Oh, and fun!

- Erik Hoel

The Elysian

By Elle Griffin

Studying utopia + imagining a better future in essays and fiction.

An experiment, a chronicle, exploring fiction, publishing, and writing online

- Erik Hoel

Secretorum

By Roger’s Bacon

Happy the dumb beast, wretched the mortal

Smart, occasionally caustic, always interesting and innovative

- Erik Hoel

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Conversations on genetics, history, politics, books, culture and evolution

Genetics, science, and no-nonsense takes on cultural issues

- Erik Hoel

Astral Codex Ten

By Scott Alexander

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Sasha's 'Newsletter'

By Sasha Chapin

Smells and/or emotions

Effortless prose on culture and self-hood

- Erik Hoel

Desk Notes by Charles Schifano

Exploring writing, travel, and literature.

Beautiful compact prose and proof that literature can be online

- Erik Hoel