Monthly Archives: April 2025

I ran across a framework for levels of belief that’s far superior to the one I came up with. It’s more useful and probably more accurate and precise, and has already had a huge impact on my thinking. The following … Continue reading →

H/T Emil Kirkegaard: tl;dr; Informal ethnic networks directly cause higher malinvestment than formal institutions, restricting racially balkanized economies to preindustrial scales.

As with all good ideas, this one starts with an anecdote, which is the real data. One time I was visiting Boneflour and he introduced me to a puzzle game called The Witness. You have to infer the rules of … Continue reading →

One of the revelations of widespread usage of AI to replace creative work is that most people consider creative work to be a burden from which they seek to be relieved. That is, they prefer to avoid the actually creative … Continue reading →

Per the terms of our debate, he gets to do a victory dance on the blog. HEAR YEHEAR YE BONEFLOUR, AWARD WINNING POET AND CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE HAS DEFEATED AEOLI PERA IN THE ARENA OF THE MINDS AFTER A … Continue reading →