Blogroll

This guy has a lovely, unique talent for comparing sports photos to art he’s seen in museums. Twitter is where I see most of his work, but he also has a Substack. Maybe a good place to start is his 2025 top 20. The internet is great for finding such delightful niches as this!

A really great EA-adjacent magazine doing in-depth pieces on thought-provoking issues. Should you take Ibuprofen or Tylenol? What are prediction markets good for? How has the DSM bloated? And why shrimp matter.

Scott Alexander is just brilliant. Of all the writers I've read, he is probably the most ruthlessly intellectually honest. Some of my favorites: Epistemic Minor Leagues, The Categories Were Made for Man, and I Can Tolerate Anything Except the Outgroup.

This is my favorite newsletter. It’s a charming email every day that finds the best writing on the internet, full of delight and wonder. I don’t know how they find such varied pieces from every corner of the internet, but this is a true gem and the source of some of my favorite articles I’ve ever read.

I love having Henry Oliver’s thoughts on literature and the great books in my inbox.

Another rationalist-adjacent blogger, Dynomight does some of the best deep dives on the internet. And they’re a great writer.

Adam Mastroianni is one of my favorite writers and thinkers. He’s consistently charting an alternate path from traditional academia, psychology, and research. He’s also super funny.

I love getting their newsletter, but the website has a wonderful trove of excellent books recommended by experts in their field. If you’re ever looking for where to start reading on topics as varied as the origins of curiosity, the Venetian empire, Latin American politics, and of course the classics, turn to this website.

Tyler Cowen has influenced my worldview in innumerable ways. It’s hard to know where to start; you just have to read this blog every day and appreciate the musings of an economist/philosopher/polymath.

Noah Smith has some great economics and politics takes, and is more optimistic than you might find elsewhere.

Graham is one of the best writers in the VC space, but writes about much more than that. He always has sage life advice, incisive writing, and interesting thoughts on culture.

This is a lovely website collecting the protests of previous generations’ Luddites: synthetic ice, calculators, reading, cycling. Timely reminders.

Some great policy and politics takes from Matt Yglesias, who is probably one of the most prolific writers today.

Some wonderful musings here from Tim Urban on marriage, email, AI, and the ephemerality of life. Plus, there’s some great stick-figure drawings to boot.