"You cannot fact-check your way out of status competition"
https://marius.ink/post/you-cannot-fact-check-your-way-out-of-status-competition
Published: February 25, 2026 01:14
In daily life, social mistakes often cost more than intellectual ones, so it can feel like it's more important to belong than to be correct.
In this article, Dan Williams joins many others in framing the anti-intellectual tendencies of today's populist…
New in the latest macOS Tahoe update: slight chance of total system failure
https://marius.ink/post/new-in-the-latest-macos-tahoe-update-slight-chance-of-total-system-failure
Published: February 13, 2026 05:13
Did you know that one Mac can be used to "revive" a second Mac that's had its system firmware damaged? I didn't.
I learned about it this evening, when Shannon and I discovered first-hand that system firmware can be damaged in "rare circumstances"…
"This is how societies get dumber"
https://marius.ink/post/this-is-how-societies-get-dumber
Published: January 25, 2026 18:17
I believe AI is changing how we think. So, it seems, does Shreya Shankar, whose recent post I really enjoyed.
Change is often good, but not always. Not all advancement is progress. And when it comes to something as important as thinking, it seems like any…