A Virtuous Governance Cycle
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/a-virtuous-governance-cycle
Published: June 10, 2025 18:23
“The greatest punishment, if one isn’t willing to rule, is to be ruled by someone worse than oneself.
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Dangers of Competent Governance
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/dangers-of-competent-governance
Published: June 2, 2025 13:09
In most places, most areas of life are dominated either by competition between multiple units, or by the governance of a single organization.
Intuitions Have Context
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/intuitions-have-context
Published: May 30, 2025 23:10
By living in our world, we collect intuitions on how the physical stuff around us behaves, and on the most practical ways to do particular things.
Stories Are Behavior, Understood
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/stories-are-behavior-understood
Published: May 29, 2025 15:52
Stories describe stuff that happens, in patterns that feel understandable to reader/viewers.
My Complaint Re Academia
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/my-complaint-re-academia
Published: May 21, 2025 19:50
If you want to get paid for abstract analysis that is not mainly organized around current cultural or political fights, academia is pretty much the only game in town.
Key Gadget: Pro-Equilibria Norms
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/key-gadget-pro-equilibria-norms
Published: May 18, 2025 14:09
Fill a plane with chimps, and most might be dead before it lands.
Politics and Culture
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/politics-and-culture
Published: May 16, 2025 01:11
Though I got my PhD in formal political theory and spent the last year studying culture, I didn’t until a few days ago notice the big connections between politics and culture.
Choice At Different Abstraction Levels
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/choice-at-different-abstraction-levels
Published: May 12, 2025 18:26
I just noticed an interesting question that I’ve never heard anyone ask.
Advisory Futarchy
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/advisory-futarchy
Published: May 11, 2025 16:44
Me April 2: