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Economist Bryan Caplan's newsletter offers sharp, opinionated essays on social science, power, immigration, and public intellectuals, often built around experiments and debates. Readers get original arguments with a clear point of view, plus guest replies and analysis of how commentators express contempt and sentiment.
A blog by economist Robin Hanson applying economics, evolutionary theory and Bayesian reasoning to questions about human belief, culture, morality and the long-term future. Readers get contrarian, idea-dense essays that challenge conventional assumptions and propose novel institutional ideas.
Knowingless is Aella's newsletter on sex, psychedelics and social analysis, mixing survey-based data work (such as correlates of rationalist identity from her Glosso platform) with explicit, candid writing on sexuality. Readers also get updates on community events and her ongoing sex-psychology series.
Aporia is a magazine covering social science, philosophy and culture, with essays on topics like Western cultural politics and evolutionary biology alongside video explainers on social issues. Readers get long-form, argument-driven pieces that explain ideas and bring research to a general audience.
Rob Henderson writes about human nature, psychology, social class and luxury beliefs, often unpacking new research papers in accessible essays. Issues also include podcast appearances, curated links and occasional sponsored product recommendations.
A personal blog-style newsletter by an economist-minded author exploring politics, culture and social science, mixing quantitative analysis of fertility and social attitudes with playful essays on signalling and bullshit jobs. Readers get data-driven arguments explained in accessible prose, with the author's own models and caveats shown.
Richard Hanania's Substack covers foreign policy, American politics, and social science with provocative, contrarian takes on culture war issues. Recent posts also include his experiments using AI tools to learn and explain quantum mechanics.
Cremieux Recueil is a newsletter by a writer who discusses academic papers and contested claims, often with a skeptical, data-driven eye. Recent issues cover gang violence and economic outcomes in El Salvador, whether AI detectors unfairly flag African writing, and statistical errors in anti-vaccine arguments.
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