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# Your Book Review: Where's My Flying Car? [*This is the fourteenth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for several...	Scott Alexander	37220265	Your Book Review: Where's My Flying Car?	acx
# Your Book Review: The Collapse Of Complex Societies [*This is the thirteenth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week ...	Scott Alexander	37177325	Your Book Review: The Collapse Of Complex Societies	acx
# Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef I. I've [previously argued](https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/23/vegetarianism-for-meat-eaters/) that meat-eaters concerned about animal welfare should try to eat beef, not chicken. The logic goes: the average cow is very big and makes 405,000 calories of beef. The average chick...	Scott Alexander	37087258	Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef	acx
# What Do Treatments For Accelerated Aging Tell Us About Normal Aging? Progeria is a rare disease that makes people age unnaturally quickly. Babies born with progeria can lose their hair in toddlerhood, get wrinkles by grade school age, and die - apparently of old age - in their early teens. You can see a picture of a...	Scott Alexander	37057161	What Do Treatments For Accelerated Aging Tell Us About Normal Aging?	acx
# Open Thread 174 This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is even-numbered, so go wild - or post about whatever else you want. Also: 1: The Bay Area will be having its first post-pandemic ACX meetup in June (fu...	Scott Alexander	36895139	Open Thread 174	acx
# Your Book Review: Humankind [*This is the twelfth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for several months. When yo...	Scott Alexander	36894227	Your Book Review: Humankind	acx
# COVID Suicides: Much More Than You Wanted To Know I have [an essay about this up on Works in Progress](https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-didnt-suicides-rise-during-covid/), tell me what you think.	Scott Alexander	36893798	COVID Suicides: Much More Than You Wanted To Know	acx
# Peer Review Request: Depression I'm trying to build up a database of mental health resources on my other website, [Lorien Psychiatry](https://lorienpsych.com/). Every time I post something, people here have made good comments, so I want to try using you all as peer review. This is a rough draft of my page on depres...	Scott Alexander	36839261	Peer Review Request: Depression	acx
# Book Review: Arabian Nights I. [One Thousand And One Nights](https://amzn.to/3vijbbD) is a book about love, wonder, magic, and morality. About genies, ape-people, and rhinoceroses who run around with elephants impaled on their horns. About how to use indexical uncertainty to hack the simulation running the un...	Scott Alexander	36790166	Book Review: Arabian Nights	acx
# Open Thread 173 This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is odd-numbered, so be careful. Otherwise, post about anything else you want. Also: 1: Comment of the week: [more from an expert in the field](https://astra...	Scott Alexander	36753212	Open Thread 173	acx
# Your Book Review: The Accidental Superpower [*This is the eleventh 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for severa...	Scott Alexander	36701278	Your Book Review: The Accidental Superpower	acx
# Links For May *[Remember, I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in each links post are wrong or misleading. I correct these as I see them, and will highlight important corrections later, but I can’t guarantee I will have...	Scott Alexander	36430852	Links For May	acx
# Highlights From The Comments On Culture Wars Some of the best comments were on the history of 4Chan. Mr. Doolittle [writes](https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-online-culture#comment-1940062): > The rise of 4chan is actually an interesting story of its own. A large chunk of the early user bas...	Scott Alexander	36464513	Highlights From The Comments On Culture Wars	acx
# Open Thread 172 This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is even-numbered, so go wild. Otherwise, post about whatever you want.	Scott Alexander	36486192	Open Thread 172	acx
# Your Book Review: Addiction By Design [*This is the tenth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for several months....	Scott Alexander	36429925	Your Book Review: Addiction By Design	acx
# Highlights From The Comments On CBT-i Apps Several people in the comments pointed out existing lower-cost CBT-i apps! This was news to me - I'd searched pretty comprehensively and hadn't found any besides the VA's CBT-i Coach, which is not intended for individual use. They were: 1: [Night Owl](https://apps.appl...	Scott Alexander	36399568	Highlights From The Comments On CBT-i Apps	acx
# Welcome To The Terrible World Of Prescription-Only Apps Trouble falling asleep? You could take sleeping pills, but they've got side effects. Guidelines recommend you try Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Insomnia (CBT-i), a medication-free process where you train yourself to fall asleep by altering your schedule and ...	Scott Alexander	36087892	Welcome To The Terrible World Of Prescription-Only Apps	acx
# Theses On The Current Moment [followup to [The Rise And Fall Of Online Culture Wars](https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-online-culture)] 1. The Salem Witch Hunts might not be the right metaphor We usually stick to the same stock examples of repression and retaliation against nonconfor...	Scott Alexander	36227347	Theses On The Current Moment	acx
# The Rise And Fall Of Online Culture Wars [Followup to: [New Atheism: The Godlessness That Failed](https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/30/new-atheism-the-godlessness-that-failed/)] I. Introduction You've probably seen these graphs before: They tell a familiar story: America is becoming increasingly obsessed w...	Scott Alexander	36009805	The Rise And Fall Of Online Culture Wars	acx
# Open Thread 171 This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is odd-numbered, so be careful. Otherwise, post about anything else you want. Also: 1: Comments of the week: EHarding [points out](https://astralcodexte...	Scott Alexander	36225863	Open Thread 171	acx
# Your Book Review: The Years Of Lyndon Johnson [*This is the ninth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for several...	Scott Alexander	36173310	Your Book Review: The Years Of Lyndon Johnson	acx
# Your Book Review: Through The Eye Of A Needle [*This is the eighth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for severa...	Scott Alexander	36126612	Your Book Review: Through The Eye Of A Needle	acx
# Why Is It Hard To Acknowledge Preferences? I recently stayed at a B&B owned by a nice elderly couple. Very, very nice. The moment I stepped in the door, they asked how my flight was, where I was from, what I did, how I'd enjoyed my three minutes of visiting their city so far, what kind of food I liked, what my favor...	Scott Alexander	36085289	Why Is It Hard To Acknowledge Preferences?	acx
# Book Review: A Brief History Of Neoliberalism I. Around 1970, something went wrong. The global economy, after twenty-five years of good post-war growth, suddenly blipped. The post-WWII-but-pre-1970 economic world - the world of “embedded liberalism” - was a pleasant place. There were corporations, but they did...	Scott Alexander	35009467	Book Review: A Brief History Of Neoliberalism	acx
# If You Can Be Bad, You Can Also Be Good Spotted [on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/stupidpol/comments/mc538i/ama_with_freddie_deboer_today_noon_est/gs2h2ry/) about the rationalist community: > I like the culture while hating a lot of the specifics...however[,] there is no such thing as "rationality" that is free ...	Scott Alexander	36008405	If You Can Be Bad, You Can Also Be Good	acx
# Open Thread 170 This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is even-numbered, so go wild. Otherwise, post about whatever you want.	Scott Alexander	35904666	Open Thread 170	acx
# Your Book Review: The Wizard And The Prophet [*This is the seventh 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for severa...	Scott Alexander	35792583	Your Book Review: The Wizard And The Prophet	acx
# Your Book Review: Double Fold [*This is the sixth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for several months. When yo...	Scott Alexander	35789659	Your Book Review: Double Fold	acx
# Nootropics Survey 2020 Results Thanks to the 852 of you who took the 2020 SSC nootropics survey. I asked people to rate various nootropics on whether they “worked” or not, deliberately leaving the question kind of vague. This is using a broad definition of “nootropics” - any supplement or taken-outside-the-usual-me...	Scott Alexander	35699087	Nootropics Survey 2020 Results	acx
# Verses Written On The Occasion Of Getting The COVID Vaccine To the tune of: CHORUS OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS: Lock down, lock down Show mercy if you can Lock down, lock down To save your fellow man CITIZEN ONE: The spring is here The sun is in the sky CHORUS: Lock down, lock down Or thousa...	Scott Alexander	35659297	Verses Written On The Occasion Of Getting The COVID Vaccine	acx
# Mantic Monday: Predictions For 2021 At the beginning of every year, I [make predictions](https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/04/29/predictions-for-2020/). At the end of every year, I [score them](https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/2020-predictions-calibration-results). This year I’m really late. So here are a hundred...	Scott Alexander	35653847	Mantic Monday: Predictions For 2021	acx
# Open Thread 169 This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is odd-numbered, so be careful. Otherwise, post about anything else you want. Also: 1: I've updated [my Mistakes page](https://astralcodexten.substack.c...	Scott Alexander	35611960	Open Thread 169	acx
# Your Book Review: Why Buddhism Is True [*This is the fifth 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for several months...	Scott Alexander	35452414	Your Book Review: Why Buddhism Is True	acx
# Your Book Review: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? [*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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of ...	Scott Alexander	35452135	Your Book Review: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?	acx
# Book Review: Global Economic History [This book](https://amzn.to/3gvuxoi) is subtitled "A Very Short Introduction" and is one of the smallest books I've ever seen, about three ounces. Three ounces is exactly the amount of global economic history that my brain can absorb before turning to mush, so I was glad to find ...	Scott Alexander	35451493	Book Review: Global Economic History	acx
# No, Really, Why Are So Many Christians In Colombia Converting To Orthodox Judaism? I enjoyed reading a recent Washington Post article, subtitled [Why Are So Many Christians In [Colombia] Converting To Orthodox Judaism?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/04/14/converts-judaism-colombia/?itid=hp_magazine) I...	Scott Alexander	35275108	No, Really, Why Are So Many Christians In Colombia Converting To Orthodox Judaism?	acx
# Mantic Monday: Grading My Trump Predictions I had many opinions on Donald Trump. I tried to back some of those opinions up with predictions about what would happen during his administration. Now that the dust has cleared, it's time to see how I did. The summary: Of 48 specific predictions about Trump, I got 37 dire...	Scott Alexander	35312631	Mantic Monday: Grading My Trump Predictions	acx
# Open Thread 168 This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is even-numbered, so go wild. Otherwise, post about whatever you want. Also: 1: Comment of the week from the subreddit is [by PolymorphicWetware](https:...	Scott Alexander	35304327	Open Thread 168	acx
# Your Book Review: Progress And Poverty [*This is the third 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 is done, to prevent their identity from influencing your decisions. I’ll be posting about two of these a week for several months...	Scott Alexander	35215568	Your Book Review: Progress And Poverty	acx
# Prospectus On Próspera Who among us hasn't looked out at the great edifice of human civilization in all its complexity, and thought "Yeah okay but I could do it better"? Centuries of utopian communes, micronations, and seasteads have dreamed of rebuilding society from first principles, free from entrenched interests...	Scott Alexander	34436669	Prospectus On Próspera	acx