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Astral Codex Ten Podcast

Jun 30, 2021

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-how-asia-works

 

What was the best thing that ever happened? From a very zoomed-out, by-the-numbers perspective, it has to be China's sudden lurch from Third World basketcase to dynamic modern economy. A billion people went from starving peasants to the middle class....


Jun 27, 2021

Now that the book review contest is winding down, I want to start another big project: the ACX Reader Research Survey.

I used to do regular December surveys with questions I was interested in. Some people would ask me to include questions for their own research projects. I always declined, because if I said yes to...


Jun 23, 2021

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-june

 

[Remember, I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in each links post are wrong or misleading. I correct these as I see them, and will highlight important corrections...


Jun 22, 2021

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-62121

Among this month’s interesting Metaculus predictions:

If Puerto Rico gets statehood, will their first two senators both be Democrats? 50%. I’d seen accusations that the Democrats want Puerto Rican statehood to seize a Senate advantage, and counterarguments...


Jun 22, 2021

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/16/fear-and-loathing-at-effective-altruism-global-2017/

 

San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run – but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of...