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Links For December 2025
Scott's monthly roundup of interesting links covering AI policy developments, technology news, cultural observations, and scientific research from December 2025.
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basic income
Essays tagged “basic income”. Follow an idea across the archive.
Essays on basic income
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Nominating Oneself For The Short End Of A Tradeoff
Scott Alexander explores the concept of people 'nominating themselves for the short end of a tradeoff' through their actions, and how this relates to ideas of desert and justice, sometimes conflicting with utilitarian calculations.
10 min read 1,494 words
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Practically-A-Book Review: EA Hotel
Scott Alexander reviews the EA Hotel, a project offering free accommodation to effective altruists in Blackpool, England, discussing its potential benefits and challenges.
12 min read 1,710 words
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Highlights From The Comments On Basic Jobs
Scott Alexander summarizes and responds to reader comments on his previous post comparing basic income to basic job guarantee programs.
55 min read 8,415 words
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Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia
Scott Alexander argues strongly for basic income over basic jobs guarantees, citing numerous advantages of basic income and potential pitfalls of basic jobs programs.
89 min read 13,740 words
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Three Great Articles On Poverty, And Why I Disagree With All Of Them
Scott Alexander critiques three articles on poverty, proposing a framework to categorize poverty approaches, and reluctantly advocates for basic income as the best available solution despite its flaws.
16 min read 2,461 words
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Links 3/15: URL Of Great Price
A collection of interesting links covering technology, science, economics and society, with Scott's commentary and analysis on each topic.
12 min read 1,769 words
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Links For October 2014
A collection of interesting links from October 2014 with Scott's commentary, covering topics from Russian deforestation to North Korean politics to scientific research.
8 min read 1,193 words
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Burdens
Scott examines the feeling of being a burden in depression, arguing that society owes individuals support and suggesting a need for new ways to find meaning beyond traditional 'contribution'.
11 min read 1,553 words
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SSC Gives A Graduation Speech
Scott Alexander gives a satirical graduation speech questioning the value of formal education and proposing an alternative basic income system, emphasizing kindness and epistemic humility.
41 min read 6,240 words
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Links For May
Scott shares and comments on various interesting links, including critiques of science journalism, updates on scientific discoveries, and various cultural curiosities.
9 min read 1,258 words
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Raikoth: Economics, Relationships
The post details the economic and relationship systems of Raikoth, a fictional society designed to optimize for goodness and weirdness.
9 min read 1,304 words