Mind the Future

21st Century Civilization curriculum

I’ve just released a curriculum on foundational questions in modern politics.

Oct 21 • 

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August 2025

Underdog bias rules everything around me

They're just as scared of us as we are of them

Aug 17 • 

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On Pessimization

Getting the opposite of what you want

Aug 16 • 

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April 2025

Well-foundedness as an organizing principle of healthy minds and societies

"If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand."

Apr 7 • 

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March 2025

Towards a scale-free theory of intelligent agency

An inherently multi-agent perspective

Mar 22 • 

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Elite Coordination via the Consensus of Power

Solving the mystery of the cathedral

Mar 19 • 

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February 2025

Power Lies Trembling

A three-book review on the game theory of political power

Feb 22 • 

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October 2024

Why I'm not a Bayesian

Philosophical objections to Bayesianism as an epistemology.

Oct 6, 2024 • 

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December 2023

Meditations on Mot

A response to Scott Alexander

Dec 4, 2023 • 

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October 2023

Techno-humanism is techno-optimism for the 21st century

The more powerful technology becomes, the better we must understand both it and ourselves

Oct 27, 2023 • 

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