I’m an Independent Thinker —Just Like Everyone Else
If we all think we are, how do we actually know?
Jehan
Procrastination: It’s the Age not the Size of the Monster
Every time you run, it grows stronger.
Chesterton Fences and Effective Altruism's X-risks
People have cancer or heart disease, institutions have sex or corruption scandals.
Brave Food World
In a meatless world, it's wrong to want a hamburger.
Loud & Wrong
Bourdain Statements: saying a false thing loudly to provoke other people to correct you.
On the Beating of Children and Other Apparently Fine Things
Being a kid is just like having a regular 9-to-5 job, but you also may get your ass kicked.
In Praise of Jock Values
In high school there are jocks and nerds, and if you're reading this I'm going to assume you were the latter.
One of the Biggest Stories of the Century Happened, We Just Don’t Know Which
There's only 3 possibilities, and all of them are bananas.
Book Review: Yąnomamö: The Fierce People
Napoleon Chagnon's book was so poorly received that he was accused of committing genocide via measles. Needless to say, I was intrigued.
We Picked Right with Einstein
Our intellectual role model should be the most moral person we can find that’s at least passable as a “smart person”.
What we got is a moral sage that’s passable as the most influential mind of all time.