A long review, with further musings, of "Cynical Theories". Read more (30 min, 7600 words).
The Woke-up Call: A Review of Cynical Theories
Tag: politics
Political Capital Flow Management and the Importance of Yutting
I discuss how you can dismiss, acknowledge, or generalize from the particular to the general, and how this matters for the way political capital is created and accumulated. Read more (11 min, 2800 words).
Cat Couplings Revisited
I folliow up on "Cat Couplings" from 2019 with a bunch of new examples and further thinking on how and why cat couplings work. Read more (13 min, 3300 words).
Rereading Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate
I reread a book that influenced me a lot when I was younger and review it. Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate by Ullica Segerstråle chronicles the intense discussion in the wake of E.O Wilson's book "Sociobiology" from 1975. Read more (20 min, 5100 words).
Further Comments on a Joke
I elaborate on and explain my satirical piece from the month before Read more (19 min, 4700 words).
Abolish Secret Ballots
An argument that secret ballots is an unacceptable exercise of power without accountability. Read more (6 min, 1400 words).
Platist Politics
I muse on whether there is a link between being easily stressed by having to keep many things in mind and having a rights-based, individualist political intuition. Read more (12 min, 3100 words).
A Quickie on Cancel Culture Questions
A quick, improvised post inspired by a question put to me on Twitter. Read more (4 min, 1000 words).
Variations on the Tilted Political Compass
I make up ten variations of my version of the political compass from last year. Some small and fun, some large and serious, and it all comes together by the end. Read more (36 min, 8900 words).
Fantasia for Two Voices
A dialog on how everything is. Read more (6 min, 1600 words).
Everything Studies 