Wednesday, March 19, 2025

More on The End of Veganism

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As a follow-up to this (originally a chapter in Losing ) and this , researcher Vasco Grilo has published  Cost-effectiveness of Veganuary a...
Monday, March 17, 2025

No One Believes in God

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  A more accurate title would be "Almost no one really believes in god." I've experienced moments of extraordinary ecstasy. I...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Just sayin'

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What do they know–all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world – about such as you? They have convinced themselv...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Wk'end Reading: The Mind Is Fragile (long edition)

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The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians A truly crazy story. Not happy or encouraging but illustrative. Yikes. When I f...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Tyler Cowen on AI take-off

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Candycorn! (But seriously - a weird plant) Why I think AI take-off is relatively slow Not to be the cranky old man, but if AI is around, how...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Making Things Better Better

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I still can't believe everything we know about these tiny lights in the sky. No excerpts - entire thing is worth a skim.
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Sunday Funnies: AI ROTFL

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I asked Google's AI about punctuation and degrees. It told me the below. Holy chicken!  When listing degrees on a resume, use periods in...
Friday, March 7, 2025

Weekend Reading: Royalty and Self-Help

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True happiness We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It  Of course, evolution has programmed us to take everything good for granted. Content o...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

When was America great?

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Seriously: 
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Monday, March 3, 2025

Music Monday: Only for Tears for Fears fans (sorry)

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You might want to check out this post if you know and like the songs Everybody Wants to Rule the World   (performance on Colbert), Head Ove...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Solving Life

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Friday, February 28, 2025

The Horror of Climate Change (updated from 2023)

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Know someone scared about "increasing extreme weather"? In addition to the below,  please share this  (and this , linked within th...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Outsourced to share: If you want to make a difference, log off and take action

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By Matthew Yglesias in 2024:  Negativity is making everyone miserable The point of my chapter, "Very Little Really Matters," in wh...
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Monday, February 24, 2025

2024's #1 You can be happy and still make a difference.

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January 22, 2023   Yeah - a 2023 post was most popular in 2024. At least it is good, unlike #2  Song: Sade " The Sweetest Taboo " ...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Releejun o' Love

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Bonus: