Obvious but often forgotten: everyone misspeaks sometimes. We all sometimes say things that: don’t make much sense we realize we don’t agree with (after a moment of reflection) are based on misremembering facts sound different than what we meant High stress situations tend to increase those effects. An interesting implication: anyone on TV, or who is otherwise recorded e...

Some thinkers see that the world is far more insane than is acknowledged, and that our narratives about society, the future, or the self don’t make sense. They develop a theory to explain things. Here’s a list of some of those theories (as I interpret them), explained in extremely concise terms as best as I could manage: The List of Thinkers and Their Core Ideas: 1. Peter Singer We wo...

Some policies seem like low-hanging fruit to benefit the US and its people, yet don’t get implemented. Why? It’s probably a combination of: • political wars that pull things back and forth instead of moving forward • voter confusion • voters prioritizing other topics • collective action problems • they’re blocked by the few who are made worse off by them • they are bad ideas, I’...

The Original 10 1. Smashed WatchThere are so many issues at once that fixing one has no benefit unless you fix others too. 2. Leaky PipeFixing one problem causes the others to intensify. If you plug up one leak in a pipe leaking in multiple places, that increases the water pressure causing the other spots to leak more. 3. Shark LaserA proposed solution is not aiming at a meaningfully imp...

There are many distinct views related to feminism that most people are aware of. Here, I’ve attempted to summarize all of the ones I’m aware of. There is some overlap between them, but they are meaningfully different, and some are mutually incompatible. As you read, it may be worth considering: which one (or combination of) these viewpoints is closest to your perspective. ​I also ran a survey ...