Archive - Hot Takes

May 2025

You don't always have to publish

Showing a bit of restraint is a lost art

May 27 •

We live in a world of optimizers, not auteurs

Cultural makers and technologists have all succumbed to the banality of the crowd

May 22 •

The unconscious epiphany

It's probably not real, but keep pen and paper on your nightstand just in case

May 18 •

Those who preach diversity are always the least diverse

They might dress differently but all think the same, and demand the most adherence

May 13 •

We should return to healthy debate

College campuses should be places ideas are tested, not safe spaces to never encounter anything outside consensus

May 5 •

April 2025

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 •

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