Office Hours is a cross-disciplinary essay newsletter that uses mutual learning between academic fields to probe questions about meaning, society, and expertise. Its issues mix reflective critique of peer review and academic gatekeeping with essayistic reflections on internalised knowledge and de-siloing.
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Essays on economic history by an academic economic historian, covering medieval economies, long-run growth debates and developments in scholarly research. Posts combine engagement with the historiography and data such as Domesday Book and Malthusian benchmarks with commentary on the profession.
A newsletter on statistical genetics that critically examines heritability claims, academic policy and the use of AI in research. Readers get data-driven analysis of published datasets and hands-on experiments from a practicing researcher.
A neuroscientist at UC San Diego writes personal, rigorous essays on where brain science is overstated or misused, from EEG hype and pseudoscience to the limits of research on exam accommodations. The pieces mix careful evidence review with memoir and teaching anecdotes.
Psychologist Paul Bloom writes short, argumentative essays on psychology, philosophy, AI and everyday decisions, plus occasional podcast conversations with Robert Wright. Readers get a contrarian but reasoned take on topics like lottery tickets, AI peer review and chatbot companionship.
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