"Public debate is how societies do their thinking. To keep our shared belief systems functional we must know how to disagree constructively, and exactly what goes wrong when we don't do so. Why and how do communication failures make public discourse incoherent, dysfunctional, and polarized?" Competitive Sensemaking: An Upgrade to Common Sense on Disagreement is … Continue reading Competitive Sensemaking is Live
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2025: The Final Final Year
I really mean it this time. For the last few years, these yearly summaries are the only things I've published on this once-much-more-active blog. I'm writing my book Competitive Sensemaking, which I got a grant to write back in 2022. Optimistically it looked like I could've finished it in 2023, I definitely feel I should've … Continue reading 2025: The Final Final Year
After 2024: On the Cusp
Another year comes to an end. If you're reading this you might know that I'm currently writing a book. After a few years writing 100+ essays on this blog, some of them achieving some modest success, I received a grant from the Mercatus Institute at George Mason University in the middle of 2022. They were … Continue reading After 2024: On the Cusp
2023 Review: Book
Happy new 2024 everyone 🙂 It feels weird to write a summary of 2023 since my archive contains exactly 0 posts from 2023. It looks like this place is a ghost town by now, never to come alive again. Maybe that's true, in that I'll probably move to Substack to keep writing when my book … Continue reading 2023 Review: Book
Catch-up ’22
I sum up the year and give an overview of the contents of the book I'm writing.
It’s a Book!
In which I announce that I'm going to write a book. Read more (3 min, 700 words).
7 Hang-ups To Hang Up On
I discuss the seven facets of perfectionism I need to get under control if I want to become a more productive writer. Read more (12 min, 3000 words).
Looking Back on ’21 and Forward to the Rest
I sum up last year, look back on six years of blogging, and decide that it's probably time for some crisis and change. But how, and what? Read more (11 min, 2800 words.)
The Importance of Being a Slog
Why are supposedly serious and profound fiction often difficult and boring to read? Is there a necessary connection between the two? I argue yes, a bit, but it's hard to tell when the connection is illusory and fake.
Read more (23 min, 5700 words).
A Hundred for the 100th
To celebrate my 100th post, I wrote 100 haikus as summaries of each post so far. Read more (8 min, 2000 words).
Everything Studies 