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What embryo selection can’t do (yet)
Embryo selection has been in the news lately. I wanted to unpack what we can and can’t do with it today, which I hope will provide a more grounded…
Aug 26
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Playing tai chi with memetic warfare
I was motivated to write Antimemetics in part because I felt dissatisfied with how we’ve unthinkingly glommed onto memetic warfare as a terminal…
Aug 7
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May 2025
All the things I've been doing lately
POV: You're a guest at a house party filled with Nadias
May 30
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March 2025
Introducing: Antimemetics (my new book!)
It's easier than ever to share ideas.
Mar 26
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November 2024
New report: How altered states shape our minds
When I first pitched a magazine piece about a meditation subculture surrounding the jhanas at the beginning of this year, there hadn’t been any media…
Nov 20, 2024
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August 2024
Protecting our attention
I was rather confused when sociologist Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Anxious Generation, came out earlier this year, which examines the harmful effects of…
Aug 13, 2024
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June 2024
What is meditation for?
Hello!
Jun 27, 2024
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May 2024
Dangerous protocols
After the early crypto boom of 2017, I spent a few years dabbling at its edges.
May 9, 2024
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April 2024
Exploring altered states of consciousness
When researchers were trying to understand the effects of LSD in the early 1960s, a team in Toronto strapped and blindfolded their subjects in sterile…
Apr 15, 2024
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February 2024
Why effective accelerationism matters
Nearly a year ago, an editor reached out to me about writing a piece on effective accelerationism, or e/acc.
Feb 12, 2024
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November 2023
The Hypnotized Society
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Nov 16, 2023
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September 2023
Glimpsing God
I'm just coming out of the black hole of this summer, which was very writing- and research-intensive, between participating in the Summer of Protocols…
Sep 27, 2023
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