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Your Book Review: The Righteous Mind
The review critiques Haidt's 'The Righteous Mind', praising its contributions while highlighting flaws in its moral foundations theory and political predictions.
80 min read 12,330 words
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Essays on group selection
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Studies On Slack
Scott Alexander examines the role of slack in evolutionary systems, arguing that a balance between competition and cooperation often leads to optimal outcomes in various domains.
50 min read 7,597 words
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Why Support the Underdog?
Scott examines the universal human bias toward supporting underdogs, presents evidence it significantly influences opinions, and asks why evolution would favor such an apparently irrational strategy.
6 min read 781 words