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Epistemic Tribes

ASI is coming, work is leaving, but yes there will be ways to get "ahead"
The vibe has shifted since OpenAI released o3. Many are accepting that AGI is here (or imminent) while others move the goalposts. Now, some people are…
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The "I just realized how huge AI is!" Survival Kit
If you're reading this, you might have recently had a wakeup call and now you're scrambling to wrap your head around it. Let me assist.
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The Art of Constructive Disagreement
How studying Eastern and Western philosophy and geography can lead to better, more meaningful, and more highly constructive debates. Coherency is king…
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What the heck is "Emergence" and why is everyone talking about it?
An alphabet of 26 letters can yield a vocabulary of 50,000 words, which can then be recombined in a functionally infinite combination of fiction…
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Tech Bros are afraid of the Red Pill
The scene from the Matrix is actually perfect to describe how "intellectuals" are reacting to psychedelics
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Political Codependence—Not Political Nihilism—Is what this reckoning is about
When performative progress meets systemic "benign neglect": understanding political codependence in modern America.
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The Politics of Intelligence, Meritocracy, and Equality: Tyranny of the Mid
I had a tweet about IQ go viral. There's some serious cognitive dissonance in the world about excellence, exceptionalism, and merit. This is what some…
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What do Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, and Eliezer Yudkowsky have in common?
A lesson on epistemic tribes, conviction, and polar referents.
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The Grand Struggle has Reasserted Itself
Trump won. Neither political party really represents my values, but with that said, I can't be agnostic because I'm an American. Here's how narratives…
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How to Use Epistemic Tribal Theory: TPOT on Twitter
After my post about my theory of epistemic tribes, a few people asked "Okay, so how do you use this in practical terms?" - Here's an example from a new…
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My Theory of Epistemic Tribes
I've been working on this theory for a while and it's starting to crystalize. Echo chambers and identity politics might not be the villain you think…
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Deconstructing Doomer Arguments, One By One
I don't take Eliezer Yudkowsky seriously. Here are my arguments against his top 8 postulates, and five counter-postulates of my own.
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