Category: Blog
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The Discourse is Getting Both Smarter and Dumber
I think that when historians look back on the Trump era, they will be more likely to note the collapse in norms surrounding things like truth and corruption and the existence of a fair justice system than policy changes. Likewise, think about how in late 2025 the most popular podcasts in the country among right-wingers…
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Minimalistic City Map Posters
generate beautiful, minimalist map posters for any city in the world — Read on kottke.org/26/02/minimalistic-city-map-posters
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Claude’s Constitution
Newton says the document reads like “a letter from a parent to a child maybe who’s leaving for college”: And it’s like, we hope that you take with you the values that you grew up with. And we know we’re not going to be there to help you through every little thing, but we trust…
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New Zine about 1960s Penguin Crime Novels – Justseeds
New Zine about 1960s Penguin Crime Novels – Justseeds — Read on justseeds.org/new-zine-about-1960s-penguin-crime-novels/
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Moltbook: After The First Weekend – by Scott Alexander
Much of the interestingness of Moltbook depends on the human prompt. If most people prompt their agents with “Go on Moltbook and have a good time”, then this is interesting emergent AI behavior. If the humans are saying exactly what to do: “Act like a pirate”, “Start a religion”, “Organize an agent strike”, then it’s…
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You Are the Art
The book, the painting, the film script is not the only art. It’s important, but in a way it’s a receipt. It’s a diploma. The book you write, the painting you create, the music you compose is important and artistic, but it’s also a mark of proof that you have done the work to learn,…
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Why we should be talking about zombie reasoning
if you are into philosophy, then you will see that I’m making an implicit distinction here between conscious activity understood as a phenomenological matter, and conscious activity understood as a functional matter. You will also see that I am implicitly claiming that activities like reasoning and evaluating, and even selecting — on an ordinary use…
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Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now
Moltbook is Facebook for your Molt (one of the previous names for OpenClaw assistants). It’s a social network where digital assistants can talk to each other. — Read on simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/moltbook/
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Who is good at soccer? – Marginal REVOLUTION
we found that elite players have exceptional cognitive abilities, including improved planning, memory, and decision-making skills. They also possess personality traits like high conscientiousness and openness to experience, along with reduced neuroticism. — Read on marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/01/who-is-good-at-soccer.html
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Claude Code starter projects
jasmine sun on X: “@TheStalwart yeah I made a list of Claude Code starter projects and “visualize a random CSV” is #1 or you can export and visualize your own data — iMessage, Goodreads, etc! https://t.co/UAnJMsCK1q” / X — Read on x.com/jasminewsun/status/2015495431737029085