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Links For September 2023
A diverse collection of links and brief comments on recent developments in science, technology, politics, and society, ranging from climate change to AI developments to social experiments.
28 min read 4,250 words
A thread through the archive
social experiments
Essays tagged “social experiments”. Follow an idea across the archive.
Essays on social experiments
3 essaysSSC
Legal Systems Very Different From Ours, Because I Just Made Them Up
Fiction by Scott Alexander
18 min read 2,787 words
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Book Review: The Machinery Of Freedom
Scott reviews 'The Machinery of Freedom' by David Friedman, discussing libertarian ideas and anarcho-capitalist proposals while expressing both interest and skepticism.
35 min read 5,343 words