Astral Codex Ten Podcast

The official audio version of Astral Codex Ten, with an archive of posts from Slate Star Codex. It's

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I. A: I like Indian food. B: Oh, so you like a few bites of flavorless rice daily? Because India is

I. Steve Kirsch is an inventor and businessman most famous for developing the optical mouse. More re

I. Lately we’ve been discussing some of the ethics around genetics and embryo selection. One questio

Seven years ago, I wrote an online serial novel, Unsong, about alternate history American kabbali

Contra Stone On EA

2024/6/23

I. Lyman Stone wrote an article Why Effective Altruism Is Bad. You know the story by now, let’s star

Links for May 2024

2024/6/10

[I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence th

There’s been renewed debate around Bryan Caplan’s The Case Against Education recently, so I want to

What Is Going On In IFS?

2024/6/10

In my book review of The Others Within Us, I wrote: [An Internal Family Systems session] isn’t supp

Internal Family Systems, the hot new psychotherapy, has a secret. “Hot new psychotherapy” might soun

It's time to narrow the 150 entries in the Book Review Contest to about a dozen finalists. I can't r

Suffering is part of the human condition, except when it isn't. I met a man at an ACX meetup once wh

Mantic Monday 5/13/24

2024/5/30

Manifold pivot || Lab leak hindcasting || CFTC extra-double-bans prediction markets  https://www.ast

Most recent post here. Table Of Contents: 1: Comments From Robin 2: Comments About/From Goldin et

If you’re from a country that doesn’t have emotional support animals, here’s how it works. Sometimes

California’s state senate is considering SB1047, a bill to regulate AI. Since OpenAI, Anthropic,

Original post here. Table Of Contents: 1: Response From The Author 2: Attempted Fact Checks 3: Peopl

The Origins Of Woke, by Richard Hanania, has an ambitious thesis. And it argues for an ambitious the

Robin Hanson replied here to my original post challenging him on health care here. On Straw-Manning

In November 2022, Aella posted this Twitter poll: 19% of women without pre-menstrual symptoms believ

One of the most common arguments against AI safety is: Here’s an example of a time someone was worr