Category: Regular

I am increasingly convinced that the difference between effective and ineffective people is their level of determination. It’s an underappreciated fact that determination is a…

In crises like the current one, all governments claim to do “what the experts say.” Alternatively, it’s not what the experts say but what “the…

Half a year ago, Scott Alexander made a post about the surprisingly small amount of money in American politics. Yes, surprisingly small amount. That is…

Western decadence Peter Thiel reviews Ross Douthat’s The Decadent Society. Douthat also recently appeared on The Neoliberal Podcast to talk about his book. (You could…

I have written before about the dysfunction of the debating mindset. Nothing illustrates this better than the annual assembly of debating societies in Germany. Luckily, I can’t speak from experience since I never attended one, but there are enough horror stories to make the point for me.

Wanting is not liking This is a simple and powerful insight. On some level, I had probably long been aware of it. Drug addicts (at…

I just finished the most thought-provoking book I have read in the past few years. It connected a lot of previously disconnected thoughts I had…

When reading the advice of 80,000 Hours, I have always been confused about how to break down personal fit. They themselves are oddly silent on…

Really grokking the rise of China China has a good chance to become the world’s dominant superpower within the next 10 to 50 years. I…