Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Episodes
Please Don't Give Up On Having Kids Because Of Climate Change
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/please-dont-give-up-on-having-kids Please Don't Give Up On Having Kids Because Of Climate Change It will pro...
Highlights From The Comments On Modern Architecture
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-modern Thanks to everyone who commented on Whither Tartaria (currently 1079 ...
Book Review: The Scout Mindset
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-scout-mindset I. You tried Carol Dweck's Growth Mindset, but the replication crisis crushed you...
Whither Tartaria?
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/whither-tartaria Imagine a postapocalyptic world. Beside the ruined buildings of our own civilization - St. Pete...
Links For September
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-september [Remember, I haven't independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up s...
Lisbon Meetup This Saturday
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/lisbon-meetup-this-saturday When: Saturday, September 18th, 5 PM Where: guitars.record.caps, aka a suspici...
Book Review: The Revolt Of The Public
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-revolt-of-the-public I. Martin Gurri's The Revolt Of The Public is from 2014, which means you m...
Book Review: Modi - A Political Biography
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-modi-a-political-biography I. I have a friend who studied the history of fascism. She gets angry...
Washington DC Meetup This Saturday
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/washington-dc-meetup-this-saturday When: Saturday, September 11th, 5 PM Where: decent.search.hurls, aka the...
The Unbearable Semiheaviness Of Being
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-unbearable-semiheaviness-of-being I hear that Google tests prospective employees with weird vaguely-scie...
Too Good To Check: A Play In Three Acts
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/too-good-to-check-a-play-in-three I. Seen on Twitter: In case you find this hard to follow: ivermectin is an an...
New York Meetup This Monday
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/new-york-meetup-this-monday When: Monday, 9/6. I'll be arriving at 5 PM but some other people might get the...
Boston Meetup This Sunday
04 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/boston-meetup-this-sunday When: Sunday, 9/5, 5 PM Where: area.bricks.tribune, aka John F Kennedy Park in Cambr...
Long COVID: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/long-covid-much-more-than-you-wanted Like everyone else, I'm trying to figure out how cautious I should be arou...
On Hreha On Behavioral Economics
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/on-hreha-on-behavioral-economics Jason Hreha's article on The Death Of Behavioral Economics has been going a...
Berkeley Meetup This Saturday
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/berkeley-meetup-this-saturday When: Saturday, August 28, at 1 PM Where: deflection.jump.puppy, aka the lawn wh...
Highlights From The Comments On Missing School
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-missing [Original article: Kids Can Recover From Missing Even A Lot Of Scho...
If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Governor Of California?
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/if-youre-so-smart-why-arent-you-governor Californians love long-shot bets. Actors trying to make it big in LA, ...
Carbon Costs Quantified
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/carbon-costs-quantified This post tries to quantify how much carbon is produced by various activities, lifes...
Meetups Everywhere 2021: Times And Places
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/meetups-everywhere-2021-times-and https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QFbM5B9KfsiwqO6DvJ4D05dQitBtZ6kYDwXZ...
Highlights From The Comments On Aducanumab
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-aducanumab These are highlights from the comments of Adumbrations Of Aducanumab...
Links For August
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-august [Remember, I haven't independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up sp...
Kids Can Recover From Missing Even Quite A Lot Of School
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/kids-can-recover-from-missing-even I. Introduction Back when the public schools were closed or online, someone ...
Blindness, Schizophrenia, and Autism
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/blindness-schizophrenia-and-autism Some weird psychiatric trivia: no congenitally blind person ever gets sch...
Contra Hanania On Partisanship
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/contra-hanania-on-partisanship Support the author on Substack: astralcodexten.substack.com Then support the pod...
(Outdoor, Careful) Meetups Everywhere 2021 - Seeking Organizers
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/outdoor-careful-meetups-everywhere Support the author on Substack: astralcodexten.substack.com Then support the...
Eight Hundred Slightly Poisoned Word Games
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/eight-hundred-slightly-poisoned-word Support the author on Substack: astralcodexten.substack.com Then support t...
Contra Drum On The Fish Oil Story
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/contra-drum-on-the-fish-oil-story Support the author on Substack: astralcodexten.substack.com Then support the ...
Details Of The Infant Fish Oil Story
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/details-of-the-infant-fish-oil-story I. In my recent post on the FDA, I mentioned a story about a fish-oil-b...
Highlights From The Comments On Acemoglu And AI
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-acemoglu Eugene Norman writes: This… "People have said climate change could...
Adumbrations Of Aducanumab
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/adumbrations-of-aducanumab Lots of people have been writing about aducanumab, but this Atlantic article in...
What Should We Make Of Sasha Chapin's Claim That Taking LSD Restored His Sense Of Smell After COVID?
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/what-should-we-make-of-sasha-chapins I. Substack blogger Sasha Chapin writes that COVID-19 Took My Sense Of...
Model City Monday 8/2/21
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/model-city-monday-8221 Support the author here: astralcodexten.substack.com Then, you can support this podcast a...
Updated Look At Long-Term AI Risks
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/updated-look-at-long-term-ai-risks The last couple of posts here talked about long-term risks from AI, so I ...
When Does Worrying About Things Trade Off Against Worrying About Other Things?
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/when-does-worrying-about-things-trade On yesterday's post, some people tried to steelman Acemoglu's argument i...
Contra Acemoglu On...Oh God, We're Doing This Again, Aren't We?
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/contra-acemoglu-onoh-god-were-doing The Washington Post has published yet another "luminary in unrelated field...
Mantic Monday 7/26
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-726 This Week In Markets PredictIt remains easy to use, high-volume, and focused almost entirely o...
Links For July
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-july [Remember, I haven't independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spot...
Things I Learned Writing The Lockdown Post
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/things-i-learned-writing-the-lockdown Lockdown Effectiveness: Much More Than You Wanted To Know is the most...
Highlights From The Comments On "Crazy Like Us"
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-crazy Some good discussion of PTSD, culminating in a link to the ACOUP blog, wh...
Peer Review Request: Ketamine
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/peer-review-request-ketamine I'm trying to build up a database of mental health resources on my other websit...
Please Take The Reader Survey
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/please-take-the-reader-survey All right, here goes. This is a project to support studies by ACX community membe...
Book Review: Crazy Like Us
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like-us We talk a lot about falling biodiversity. Sometimes we apply the same metaphor to the ...
Reader Survey Final Check-In
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/reader-survey-final-check-in I accidentally missed some Book Review Contest entries, so I want to make sure I h...
Use Prediction Markets To Fund Investigative Reporting
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/use-prediction-markets-to-fund-investigative Support the author: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/subscribe ...
[Your Book Review] Disunited Nations vs. Dawn Of Eurasia
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xexFJ7h0vULMDE7N77q_MIzXoerexfe_CqqGEL6hEoQ/edit#heading=h.qi8yp2d9wbt2 Podcast note: This reader-written review ...
Book Review Contest: Winners
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-contest-winners Thanks to everyone who participated or voted in the Book Review Contest. The winner...
Lockdown Effectiveness: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/lockdown-effectiveness-much-more Back when everyone was debating lockdowns, I promised I'd come back to it afte...
Lockdown Effectiveness: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/lockdown-effectiveness-much-more Back when everyone was debating lockdowns, I promised I'd come back to it afte...
Model City Monday
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/model-city-monday Support the author: astralcodexten.substack.com/subscribe Then support the podcast: patreon.co...
Highlights From The Comments On "How Asia Works"
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-how Support the author: astralcodexten.substack.com/subscribe Then support the ...
Welcome Polygenically Screened Babies
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/welcome-polygenically-screened-babies Another thing I missed during my hiatus last year: the birth of the f...
Book Review: How Asia Works
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-how-asia-works What was the best thing that ever happened? From a very zoomed-out, by-the-numbers...
ACX Reader Research Survey: Call For Submissions
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Now that the book review contest is winding down, I want to start another big project: the ACX Reader Research Survey. I used to do regular December s...
Links For June
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-june [Remember, I haven't independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spo...
Mantic Monday 6/21/21
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-62121 Among this month's interesting Metaculus predictions: If Puerto Rico gets statehood, will th...
[Classic] FEAR AND LOATHING AT EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM GLOBAL 2017
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/16/fear-and-loathing-at-effective-altruism-global-2017/ San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special...
Vote In The Book Review Contest!
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/vote-in-the-book-review-contest Thanks for reading the entries in this very delayed (and then very protracted) ...
Your Book Review: Plagues And Peoples
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-plagues-and-peoples [This is the seventeenth of seventeen finalists in the book review cont...
On Cerebralab On Nutt/Carhart-Harris On Serotonin
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/on-cerebralab-on-nuttcarhart-harris [epistemic status: extremely speculative] George at CerebraLab has a ne...
Contra Smith On Jewish Selective Immigration
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/contra-smith-on-jewish-selective Noah Smith asks whether Jews are really disproportionately successful. (in...
Your Book Review: How Children Fail
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-how-children-fail [This is the sixteenth of seventeen finalists in the book review contest....
Your Book Review: Down And Out In Paris And London
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
[This is the fifteenth of seventeen finalists in the book review contest. It's not by me - it's by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after...
Drug Users Use A Lot Of Drugs
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/drug-users-use-a-lot-of-drugs I. If you look at any list of side effects for the FDA-approved version of s...
I Will Not Eat The Bugs
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/i-will-not-eat-the-bugs From the comments on Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef: As far as moral concern goes, I...
Instead Of Pledging To Change The World, Pledge To Change Prediction Markets
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/instead-of-pledging-to-change-the In April, Joe Biden pledged to halve US emissions (from their 2005 max) ...
Your Book Review: Where's My Flying Car?
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-wheres-my-flying [This is the fourteenth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's...
Your Book Review: The Collapse Of Complex Societies
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-collapse-of [This is the thirteenth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's ...
Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/moral-costs-of-chicken-vs-beef Support Scott Alexander's blogging: astralcodexten.substack.com/subscribe Podcas...
What Do Treatments For Accelerated Aging Tell Us About Normal Aging?
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/what-do-treatments-for-accelerated Progeria is a rare disease that makes people age unnaturally quickly. Bab...
Your Book Review: Humankind
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-humankind [This is the twelfth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's not by me ...
Peer Review Request: Depression
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/peer-review-request-depression I'm trying to build up a database of mental health resources on my other webs...
Book Review: Arabian Nights
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-arabian-nights I. One Thousand And One Nights is a book about love, wonder, magic, and morality....
Your Book Review: The Accidental Superpower
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-accidental-superpower [This is the eleventh of many finalists in the book review contes...
Links For May
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-may [Remember, I haven't independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spott...
Highlights From The Comments On Culture Wars
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-culture Some of the best comments were on the history of 4Chan. Mr. Doolittl...
Your Book Review: Addiction By Design
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-addiction-by-design [This is the tenth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's n...
Highlights From The Comments On CBT-i Apps
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-cbt Several people in the comments pointed out existing lower-cost CBT-i app...
Welcome To The Terrible World Of Prescription-Only Apps
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-terrible-world-of Trouble falling asleep? You could take sleeping pills, but they've got side...
Theses On The Current Moment
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/theses-on-the-current-moment [followup to The Rise And Fall Of Online Culture Wars] 1. The Salem Witch Hunt...
The Rise And Fall Of Online Culture Wars
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-online-culture [Followup to: New Atheism: The Godlessness That Failed] I. Introduction You...
Your Book Review: The Years Of Lyndon Johnson
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-years-of-lyndon [This is the ninth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's n...
Your Book Review: Through The Eye Of A Needle
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-through-the-eye [This is the eighth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's not ...
Why Is It Hard To Acknowledge Preferences?
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/why-is-it-hard-to-acknowledge-preferences I recently stayed at a B&B owned by a nice elderly couple. Very, v...
Book Review: A Brief History Of Neoliberalism
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-a-brief-history-of-neoliberalism I. Around 1970, something went wrong. The global economy, after...
If You Can Be Bad, You Can Also Be Good
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/if-you-can-be-bad-you-can-also-be Support the author Scott Alexander on Substack. https://astralcodexten.substa...
Your Book Review: The Wizard And The Prophet
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-wizard-and-the [This is the seventh of many finalists in the book review contest. It's ...
Your Book Review: Double Fold
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-double-fold [This is the sixth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's not by me...
Nootropics Survey 2020 Results
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/nootropics-survey-2020-results Thanks to the 852 of you who took the 2020 SSC nootropics survey. I asked peo...
Mantic Monday: Predictions For 2021
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-predictions-for-2021 At the beginning of every year, I make predictions. At the end of every ...
Your Book Review: Why Buddhism Is True
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-why-buddhism-is [This is the fifth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's not b...
Your Book Review: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
[This is the fourth of many finalists in the book review contest. It's not by me - it's by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting ...
Book Review: Global Economic History
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-global-economic-history This book is subtitled "A Very Short Introduction" and is one of the sm...
No, Really, Why Are So Many Christians In Colombia Converting To Orthodox Judaism?
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/no-really-why-are-so-many-christians I enjoyed reading a recent Washington Post article, subtitled Why Are ...
Mantic Monday: Grading My Trump Predictions
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-grading-my-trump-predictions I had many opinions on Donald Trump. I tried to back some of thos...
Your Book Review: Progress And Poverty
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-progress-and-poverty [This is the third of many finalists in the book review contest. It's ...
Prospectus On Próspera
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/prospectus-on-prospera Who among us hasn't looked out at the great edifice of human civilization in all its c...
[LINK] Unifying Predictive Coding With Backpropagation
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/link-unifying-predictive-coding-with [epistemic status: I know a little about the predictive coding side of ...
Links For April
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-april [Remember, I haven't independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotti...
Your Book Review: On The Natural Faculties
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
[This is the second of many finalists in the book review contest. It's not by me - it's by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting ...