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ACX Survey Results 2024
Scott Alexander shares the results of the 2024 Astral Codex Ten survey, providing access to data and promising future analyses.
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Links For May 2023
Scott Alexander shares a diverse collection of links and news items, covering topics from architecture and history to AI developments and scientific studies, with brief commentary on many items.
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Who Predicted 2022?
Scott Alexander analyzes results from a 2022 prediction contest, discussing top performers and methods for improving forecast accuracy.
24 min read 3,720 words
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Slightly Against Underpopulation Worries
Scott Alexander argues that underpopulation concerns are overstated and likely irrelevant due to expected technological changes by 2100.
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Highlights From The Comments On Kids And Climate Change
Scott responds to various reader comments on his article about having children despite climate change, addressing critiques and expanding on several points.
35 min read 5,387 words
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Please Take The Reader Survey [Update: Now It Is Closed And You Can Stop Taking It]
Scott Alexander describes a now-closed reader survey project supporting ACX community studies, with instructions on survey completion and content warnings.
5 min read 736 words
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Reader Survey Final Check-In
Scott Alexander is finalizing preparations for a Reader Survey, asking participants to confirm their inclusion and make necessary adjustments before the Friday start date.
3 min read 321 words
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ACX Reader Research Survey: Call For Submissions
Scott Alexander announces the ACX Reader Research Survey, inviting researchers to submit questions for the blog's readership by July 10.
5 min read 643 words
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Your Book Review: The Accidental Superpower
A review of Peter Zeihan's 'The Accidental Superpower', which predicts global disorder and American preeminence based on geographic and demographic advantages.
63 min read 9,642 words
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Bundles Of Joy
Scott Alexander analyzes survey results showing high parental satisfaction among his blog readers, comparing the findings to existing research and discussing their implications.
6 min read 904 words
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Hungarian Education II: Four Nobel Truths
The post analyzes Nobel Prize winners per capita, refining the data to show that Israeli Ashkenazi Jews have the highest rate, supporting the theory of their intellectual prowess while raising questions about educational systems and concentration effects.
6 min read 785 words
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The Atomic Bomb Considered As Hungarian High School Science Fair Project
Scott examines the phenomenon of Hungarian scientific geniuses in the early 20th century, attributing it to a high concentration of high-IQ Ashkenazi Jews in Budapest rather than exceptional education.
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Classified Ads Thread
Scott proposes a classified ads thread for readers to post various ads, including personal ads for women and gay people, while he's away at a conference.
1 min read 46 words
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2014 SSC Survey Results
Scott Alexander shares results from a 2014 survey of Slate Star Codex readers, detailing demographics, education, income, and views of his blog audience.
6 min read 850 words
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Black People Less Likely
Scott Alexander argues that polyamory's low black representation is part of a broader pattern across many subcultures, proposing general explanations and criticizing how this issue is often weaponized.
16 min read 2,462 words
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Literally Inconceivable: Contraceptives And Abortion Rates
Scott Alexander analyzes the complex relationship between contraception and abortion rates, concluding that in societies where contraceptives are already legal, increasing access likely decreases abortion rates.
20 min read 3,043 words
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Wisdom of the Ancients, Redux
Scott responds to authors of a Victorian intelligence paper, remaining skeptical of their findings and addressing critiques of his original post on IQ change speeds.
6 min read 862 words