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June 4, 2025June 4, 2025Book Summary

Book Summary: Deep Utopia by Nick Bostrom

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In Deep Utopia, Nick Bostrom explores the question of what utopia could look like and what problems might be left. The book […]

November 10, 2024January 26, 2025Blog

We all play different status games

[Estimated time: 5 mins] In the book Inadequate Equilibria, Eliezer Yudkowsky claims to be someone who is somewhat “blind” to status hierarchies, […]

November 7, 2024November 10, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky

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This summary of Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck by Eliezer Yudkowsky sets out two competing views on the question: […]

September 5, 2024September 28, 2024Blog

Thought Experiment: Would You Give Up the Ability to Enjoy Food?

Estimated reading time: 4 mins Imagine a world with two types of people, each of which make up around 50% of the […]

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024Book post

Is it better to be WEIRD?

In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich never claims that WEIRD psychology (as in, the prevailing psychology in Western, Educated, […]

May 21, 2024July 7, 2024Book post

Criticisms of “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt

In this post, I levy several criticisms at Jonathan Haidt’s generally excellent book, The Righteous Mind. You can find my summary of […]

May 7, 2024July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

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In The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, Jonathan Haidt argues that there’s more to morality than […]

May 21, 2023July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Most Human Human by Brian Christian

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This summary of The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive by Brian Christian discusses the essence of […]

May 6, 2023July 7, 2024Book Summary

Book Summary: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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This book summary sets out the key takeaways from Niccolo Machiavelli’s renowned work, The Prince. It turns out Machiavelli got a bit […]

February 22, 2023July 7, 2024Blog

Motivation, Morality and Demandingness

This is a short post with some musings on motivation, morality and demandingness, after reading Atomic Habits and Tiny Habits. In Atomic […]

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