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Pluribus and Our Age of Hive Minds Science/Humanities

Pluribus and Our Age of Hive Minds

The tyranny of online life...

1 month, 3 weeks ago • The Intrins…
8582 words 28 min
John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse Science/Humanities

John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse

Pop-hereditarianism is built on selective credulity...

2 months ago • The Intrins…
61460 words 204 min
The Internet You Missed: A Last 2025 Snapshot Science/Humanities

The Internet You Missed: A Last 2025 Snapshot

TIP's community writing: Part 2 of 2...

2 months, 1 week ago • The Intrins…
45990 words 153 min
I Figured Out How to Engineer Emergence Science/Humanities

I Figured Out How to Engineer Emergence

What's come of my return to science...

2 months, 3 weeks ago • The Intrins…
59450 words 198 min
Books to Stoke the Soul of a Young Child Science/Humanities

Books to Stoke the Soul of a Young Child

The dead genre of "read aloud" literature...

3 months ago • The Intrins…
9693 words 32 min
Against Treating Chatbots as Conscious Science/Humanities

Against Treating Chatbots as Conscious

Don't give AIs "exit rights" to conversations...

3 months, 3 weeks ago • The Intrins…
35212 words 117 min
We Are Not Low Creatures Science/Humanities

We Are Not Low Creatures

Life on Mars aims us all upward...

4 months ago • The Intrins…
20900 words 69 min
Erik's Plea in The Free Press: Bring Back Aristocratic Tutoring Science/Humanities

Erik's Plea in The Free Press: Bring Back Aristocratic Tuto…

Breaking the malaise around education....

4 months, 1 week ago • The Intrins…
9155 words 30 min
Redesigning The Intrinsic Perspective Science/Humanities

Redesigning The Intrinsic Perspective

How to make Substacks look good...

4 months, 3 weeks ago • The Intrins…
16604 words 55 min
The Internet You Missed: A 2025 Snapshot Science/Humanities

The Internet You Missed: A 2025 Snapshot

TIP's community writing: Part 1 of 2...

5 months ago • The Intrins…
43394 words 144 min
GPT-5's debut is slop; Will AI cause the next depression? Harvard prof warns of alien invasion; Alpha School & homeschool heroes Science/Humanities

GPT-5's debut is slop; Will AI cause the next depression? H…

Desiderata #37...

5 months, 1 week ago • The Intrins…
17538 words 58 min
Literacy lag: We start reading too late Science/Humanities

Literacy lag: We start reading too late

Teaching (Very) Early Reading: Part 5...

5 months, 2 weeks ago • The Intrins…
34832 words 116 min
"They Die Every Day" Science/Humanities

"They Die Every Day"

An information hazard...

6 months ago • The Intrins…
5308 words 17 min
A Prophecy of Silicon Valley's Fall Science/Humanities

A Prophecy of Silicon Valley's Fall

2010 Valley > 2025 Valley...

6 months, 2 weeks ago • The Intrins…
5263 words 17 min
More Lore of the World Science/Humanities

More Lore of the World

Field Notes for a Child's Codex: Part 2...

6 months, 3 weeks ago • The Intrins…
15952 words 53 min
$50,000 essay contest about consciousness; AI enters its scheming vizier phase; Sperm whale speech mirrors human language; Pentagon UFO hazing, and more. Science/Humanities

$50,000 essay contest about consciousness; AI enters its sc…

Desiderata #36...

7 months ago • The Intrins…
33386 words 111 min
In the Light of Victory, He Himself Shall Disappear Science/Humanities

In the Light of Victory, He Himself Shall Disappear

AI and the coming "job bloodbath"...

7 months, 1 week ago • The Intrins…
9469 words 31 min
How I taught my 3-year-old to read like a 9-year-old Science/Humanities

How I taught my 3-year-old to read like a 9-year-old

Teaching (very) early reading: Part 4...

7 months, 2 weeks ago • The Intrins…
15713 words 52 min
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