What Our Last War With China Can Teach Us About Our Next One
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People are worried about a lot of things at the moment, but one thing near the top of everyone’s list is a war between the US and China over the fate of Taiwan. What most people have forgotten is that the US already fought a war with China. It’s easy to overlook this previous conflict because we called it the Korean War (and initially it wasn’t even called a war). This is understandable given that it took place in Korea. As such, it’s forgivable to overlook the huge Chinese involvement. But for most of the war the Chinese were our primary opponents. (At its peak were...
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Reviews of (Mainstream) Religious Books Volume 2
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Why Write a Book About:Against Superforecasting?
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Someone needs to point out the potential problems with superforecasting. For some reason it as fallen to me.
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The Terrors of Immortality
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The movement is called anti-aging, not anti-injury. How do people who believe they have a real shot at immortality interact with the phenomena of safetyism?
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews Volume 6
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Horses in 1925 = Children in 2025
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Getting people to have more children may be as difficult as getting people to abandon their four-door sedan for a horse and buggy.
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Short Fiction Book Reviews- Volume 3
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Three translations of a classic, high brow literary fiction, a great book from a friend of and mine then a whole lot of pulp. Also something that might be the beginnings of a book by Neal Stephenson.
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The Case Against Superforecasting
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Audio for the keystone chapter (Chapter Zero) of the book I'm working on.
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What Does the Recent German Election Say About Immigration and Integration
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If integration is straightforward how is it that the former East Germany is so different ideologically from the former West Germany?
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews Volume 5
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You have probably heard about Rotherham, and the child sex abuse rings that existed there (and may still be operating). As with so many things these days, this story entered the public discussion when Musk tweeted about it. For many people I’ve talked to, this was the first they’d heard of it. I actually spoke about about it in 2018. At the time I felt I was late to the game, but apparently I was six years ahead of most people. Given the story's re-emergence I thought it might be worth dusting off that old piece. I think it holds up pretty well, particularly the part about the woeful lack of reporting on the topic.
I have lightly edited it, smoothing things out in a few places, adding commas, that sort of thing. Temporal references have not been updated, so when I say “a week ago” I’m referring to 2018.
Even if you’ve already read a lot about these horrific crimes, there are a few takes in here that I haven’t seen elsewhere