Natural philosophy, belles-lettres, polemics.

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The history of technology and the philosophy of progress, plus announcements from the Roots of Progress Institute

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

happy the dumb beast, wretched the mortal

Exploring a utopian future through essay collections and print pamphlets. Join us to reimagine nation-states, capitalism, & humanity.

Funny feelings, weird careers, making art, American history, and how to be alive.

Publishing independent research and curating the best science writing from across the blogosphere.

Ideas about what makes humans so brilliant, terrible, and utterly weird -- none of which would make it past peer-review.

Stoicism, arguments, and thinking of thinking.

A vision of the future inspired by classical antiquity