Archive - Hot Takes

The empathy exploit

Don't let empathy be weaponized against you or your civilization

Apr 28 •

The placebo adherence effect

Why doing a useless thing might actually help

Apr 21 •

Popular psych meds are a band-aid

Even the NYT is waking up

Apr 16 •

We want innovation, but without the innovators

Academics and media seem more interested in moralizing than inspiring

Apr 15 •

Dave Van de Walle

You can't prompt your way to meaning

AI isn't useless, but personal fulfillment from creative work is equal to what was sacrificed to make it

Apr 12 •

Thoughts on EV ownership

Moving from gas to electric is as big of a life improvement as moving from dial up internet to cable was - apparently this is still a secret

Apr 8 •

LinkedIn is a depressing place

Going viral is an insane way to try and find a job

Apr 1 •

March 2025

What is actual masculinity?

The left is clueless, the right must reject the trolls and grifters

Mar 25 •

Doomerism is mental illness

Why take up the philosophy of depressed people?

Mar 19 •

Friendship in the age of politics and productivity

If you cull friends in the name of efficiency or ideological purity, the problem is you

Mar 16 •

Leftism as religion

The far left is just as religious as the far right, just expressed differently

Mar 13 •

The dystopian spectacle of streamers

There's a cottage industry of creators and audiences watching others torch their potential on empty, solipsistic games (or sleeping with 1,000 people)

Mar 9 •

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