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What Kind Of Apes Are We?
This is a guest post by David Pinsof, who writes the excellent ‘Everything is Bullshit’ Substack.
 • David Pinsof
Why Have Academics Failed To Study Social Justice Ideology?
This is a guest post by Thomas Prosser (who writes at The Path Not Taken) and Edmund King (who writes at Paroxysms) about their very interesting new…
 • Thomas Prosser and Edmund King
We Are Confused, Maladapted Apes Who Need Enlightenment
With Homo sapiens, Darwinian evolution produced a new kind of animal: a species that builds worlds it struggles to understand.
 • Dan Williams
AI Sessions #8: Misinformation, Social Media, and Deepfakes (with Sacha Altay)
Watch now | Henry and I chat with Dr Sacha Altay about:
 • Dan Williams
1:23:24
The harder it is to find the truth, the easier it is to lie to ourselves
A simple observation with complex implications
 • Dan Williams
AI Sessions #7: How Close is "AGI"?
Listen now | And does the concept even make sense?
 • Dan Williams
1:26:50
2025: Review and Recommendations
My top ten essays, how I use AI to read, and my favourite books, articles, and more.
 • Dan Williams
Conspicuous Cognition
Conspicuous Cognition
Writer. Academic philosopher. Writing about philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more.
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