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Essays on consumerism

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Nov 7, 2017SSC

Concept-Shaped Holes Can Be Impossible To Notice

Scott Alexander discusses the difficulty of recognizing concepts we might be missing, using examples from psychology and sociology to argue for keeping an open mind towards seemingly trivial ideas.

13 min read 1,915 words

May 25, 2017SSC

Those Modern Pathologies

The post satirically portrays ancient concepts as 'modern pathologies' to criticize aspects of contemporary society.

10 min read 1,529 words

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