Conspicuous Cognition

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

How do we make the future (even) better than the present? By using science, evidence and reason. Progressives need to embrace progress again.

Thoughts about anything

A place of digressions and explorations on philosophy, tech, games, and the universe

Publishing independent research and curating the best science writing from across the blogosphere.

For my main newsletter, go to The Update. This is my personal Substack.

Seeking to understand our behaviour - what we do, how we decide what to do and how to do it, and why we do it.

Utilitarianism, ethical veganism, culture war stuff, philosophy, morality, and more!

Deciphering why people and society work the way they do

Psychological science on rationality, reason and persuasion

Consequentialist moral philosophy and analysis

Economics, Philosophy, & Liberal Politics

Exploring the intersection of knowledge, truth, and politics.

Philosophy made uncommonly simple

Essays from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Status Game. The Science of Storytelling and more; memoir, identity, psychology, storytelling, culture etc.

Exploring critical, philosophical, and scientific debates in psychiatric practice and the psy-sciences

Weekend readings and selected Links

Allenarsi a pensare, per salvarsi dal naufragio.

Pro-progress, anti-safetyist commentary on Scientific & Cultural matters from a Genomics PhD. Attempting to shape culture towards optimism, an abundance mindset & freedom.

Making sense of science, policy and politics

Poking holes in the stories we tell ourselves

Coming to terms with severe spinal cord injury; recording the experience from acute hospital, through rehab, and hopefully beyond. Using voice dictation software due to residual hand function.

A newsletter about migration and policies that work

Exploring the relationships between social justice discourse, inequality, and the rise of the symbolic professions.

a blog about ideas

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

On economics, identity, justice, and discourse...

Exploring history to understand today and shape a better tomorrow.

Law, Ideas, & Dunking on Fools

Short essays about big ideas. I study what makes us human, from evolution to jazz.

Peak Notions is the ideologically exhausted person’s guide to untangling ideas, identity, and the chaos we live in

Politics, philosophy and psychology from a slightly sceptical and cynical perspective.

A history newsletter about the future