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Atlas of Wonders and Monsters
Hic sunt dracones and many other things
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Things Always Seem to Get Worse, Always Have, Always Will
AWM #96: Even when things are actually getting better! 👑
Sep 15
12
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Why Is ‘Nature’ Prestigious?
AWM #95: My finalist entry to the ACX book review contest, on ‘Making Nature’ and the history of status in science publishing 🔭
Sep 7
5
Reinvent the Wheel
AWM #97: There's really no other option 🛞
Sep 22
8
3
One Technology to Rule Them All
AWM #94: And in the darkness standardize them 📱
Aug 31
11
1
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Common Tech Jobs Described as Cabals of Mesoamerican Wizards
60
20
Remaining Ambitious
30
11
Prompt Engineering for Humans
20
3
Don't Spend Your Life Building Rube Goldberg Machines
16
2
The Difference Between Science and the Humanities Is Reading the Classics
11
23
The Secret of Happiness Is That There Are Three Kinds
10
1
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How to Slow Down Progress (According to Fiction)
AWM #93: Want to ensure the stability of your civilization? Have your scientists cooped up in isolated monasteries! 🧮
Aug 25
5
Aesthetics as Epistemic Humility
AWM #92: Further thoughts on why effective altruists should care about beauty 🌼
Aug 18
2
Common Tech Jobs Described as Cabals of Mesoamerican Wizards
AWM #91: I wanted to clarify the tech work landscape for myself and instead I wrote this (??) 🪞
Aug 11
60
20
Prompt Engineering for Humans
AWM #90: A brief list of magical formulas to actually write better 🧙♂️
Aug 4
20
3
Hieroglyphic Notes on the Most Important Century, Etched Into the Stone of a Long-Sealed Tomb
AWM #89: Is the 21st century the most important time ever? Let's ask Ancient Egypt! 𓂀
Jul 28
5
One-Day Research Projects
AWM #88: Blogging as a series of way-too-fast bouts of research 🍎
Jul 21
8
3
Effective-ish Altruism
AWM #87: For doing good, against optimization 🥀
Jul 14
7
2
Breakup Letter to a Once Beloved Project
AWM #86: On giving up and closing tabs 🦈
Jul 7
11
2
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Most popular
Common Tech Jobs Described as Cabals of Mesoamerican Wizards
60
20
Remaining Ambitious
30
11
Prompt Engineering for Humans
20
3
Don't Spend Your Life Building Rube Goldberg Machines
16
2
The Difference Between Science and the Humanities Is Reading the Classics
11
23
The Secret of Happiness Is That There Are Three Kinds
10
1
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