Long-form essays and podcast conversations by an academic philosopher on how human psychology, social incentives and evolution shape beliefs, politics and morality. It also covers AI, including interviews with prominent thinkers such as Steven Pinker on AI risk and consciousness.
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Astral Codex Ten publishes long-form essays on AI safety, rationality, politics, science and culture, alongside reader-written book reviews and weekly open threads. Readers get argumentative, carefully reasoned analysis plus community news such as meetups, surveys and grant-related projects.
Poems, essays and commentary from poet David Whyte, with context on how and where each piece was written. Readers get reflective writing on love, resentment, nature and everyday human experience, plus material from his Three Sundays Series.
Essays by philosopher Slavoj Žižek applying Lacanian and Hegelian theory to current politics, culture, media and technology. Recent issues cover D'Annunzio's Free State of Fiume, ideology in everyday events, and a two-part analysis of AI and the Lacanian Real.
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