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I really like the Astral Codex blog[1]. It is rationalist blog that features a variety of long-form posts, book reviews, discussions, etc. I don't really know

I really like the Astral Codex blog[1]. It is rationalist blog that features a variety of long-form posts, book reviews, discussions, etc. I don't really know if I consider myself a rationalist or not but I find the posts, discussions, and community to be very stimulating. [1]: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ https://astralcodexten.substack.com/

princeali_ 5y ago
Thanks for posting this! Seems super dope with a large backlog of articles to dive into!
- tsidewinder 5y ago
  Same guy (Scott Siskin) wrote slatestarcodex.com, which covers over a hundred writeups of a similar quality, going back to 2013. Lots of great stuff. I recommend checkimg the top posts on that blog, its the best content on the internet imo. I've read almost all of it. He changed to Astralcodexten after the New York Times threatened to Doxx him (for "policy" reasons), which basically upended his entire life, since he had (and now still has, in a slighly altered form), a successful psychiatry practice. Brilliant guy.
  - nlitened 5y ago
    I didn't know his name until you wrote it here (I specifically abstained from looking it up), so to me you're the part of that NYT doxxing crowd who "upended his entire life".
    - ujki1 5y ago
      While he is still uses the pseudonym Scott Alexander, he has told his real name in Astral Codex Ten so I don't believe it's supposed to be a secret anymore.
- lhoff 5y ago
  Someone wrote a nice intro to Scott Alexanders Blogs with links to some recommended articles. My personal favorite read from the past months is definitely the article on ivermectin. Its a hell of a ride and he was able to create a very well working (at least for me) metaphor that allowed me to imagine how the covid-denial people came to their conclusions.
mannykannot 5y ago
I'm not sure that the author is fully committed to the rationalist zeitgeist either, but, of course, no true rationalist would be!

princeali_ 5y ago

Thanks for posting this! Seems super dope with a large backlog of articles to dive into!

tsidewinder 5y ago
Same guy (Scott Siskin) wrote slatestarcodex.com, which covers over a hundred writeups of a similar quality, going back to 2013. Lots of great stuff. I recommend checkimg the top posts on that blog, its the best content on the internet imo. I've read almost all of it. He changed to Astralcodexten after the New York Times threatened to Doxx him (for "policy" reasons), which basically upended his entire life, since he had (and now still has, in a slighly altered form), a successful psychiatry practice. Brilliant guy.
- nlitened 5y ago
  I didn't know his name until you wrote it here (I specifically abstained from looking it up), so to me you're the part of that NYT doxxing crowd who "upended his entire life".
  - ujki1 5y ago
    While he is still uses the pseudonym Scott Alexander, he has told his real name in Astral Codex Ten so I don't believe it's supposed to be a secret anymore.
lhoff 5y ago
Someone wrote a nice intro to Scott Alexanders Blogs with links to some recommended articles. My personal favorite read from the past months is definitely the article on ivermectin. Its a hell of a ride and he was able to create a very well working (at least for me) metaphor that allowed me to imagine how the covid-denial people came to their conclusions.

mannykannot 5y ago

I'm not sure that the author is fully committed to the rationalist zeitgeist either, but, of course, no true rationalist would be!