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Easter Island
Image source: Rapa Nui The story of Easter Island has always fascinated me, partly because of the huge, enigmatic statues, but also because Easter…
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The Demographic Tsunami
According to most estimates, the human population passed 8 billion in late 2022. Now is a good time to talk about the human population and how it is…
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The Warrior Queens of Dahomey
In 2022, Hollywood put out a movie called “The Woman King”, which was (very loosely) based on female warriors in 19th century West Africa. I haven’t…
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The Homunculus Fallacy and its Inverse
Imagine a child asking her father how a car works. “What makes it go?” she asks him. He tells her that inside the car, there is a smaller car driving on…
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The Decline of Popular Culture
The information revolution has been going on since the invention of the printing press, or maybe even earlier, but we didn’t reach information abundance…
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FTX, Cryptomania and Fake Wealth
In October 2021, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was on the cover of Forbes magazine. Forbes estimated his net worth at $26.5 billion, making him one of the…
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Collectivize Sex!!
Comrades, I want to speak to you about the greatest injustice of the modern world: the unequal distribution of sex. Sex is not distributed equally among…
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