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10 Ways To Buy Happiness

Podcast: Why Is Britain So Depressed?

Fake Debates and Late Converts

Suicide As a Bargaining Tactic

Pod Pt II: Max Bennett

Notes on The Greatest Night In Pop

NEW PODCAST: Max Bennett On the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Rationalist Cults of Silicon Valley

The Data Says We're Doing Fine, So Why Are We Furious?

The One Weird Trick That Gave Humans Language

10 Classical Music Pieces To Take On Holiday

Pod Part II: Helen Thompson on Britain's Next Crisis

NEW PODCAST: Helen Thompson on Britain's Next Crisis

The Diderot Effect

New Podcast: Alison Gopnik On Whether the AIs Can Think For Themselves

Rattle Bag

Keir Starmer's Reality Avoidance Field

27 Notes On Growing Old(er)

Podcast: How To Get The Most Out of LLMs

NEW POD: Jasmine Sun On How AI Will Change Writing and Work

Donald Trump and The End of Power

Why Are We So Bad at Grasping Difficult Things?

Podcast: How To Read More

NEW POD: James Marriott on whether AI will make writers redundant

This Charming Man

5 Reasons There Won't Be an AI Jobs Apocalypse

The Improving Mentality Pt II

Postcard From Copenhagen

The Improving Mentality

Why Is TikTok Such Rocket Fuel For Populists?

We're All Viennese Now

Why Am I At My Lowest In The Middle Of the Night?

Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics

Experts: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them

How To Communicate The Health Risks of Drinking Without Being Really F*!*ing Annoying

How To Write a Book

James Marriott on Britain's Elites

Nine Principles For Success In The Age of AI

What 'Adolescence' Doesn't Tell Us About Boys

Nabeel Qureshi on Principles For Living: Part II

Did John Lennon Think He Was Jesus?

The Surest Way To Make an AI Lie Is To Tell It Not To Lie

Nabeel Qureshi: Principles For Living

It's Just a Rumour That Was Spread Around Town

The Ruffian Speaks

The Potency of Jokes

Jemima Kelly on Trump: Part II

The Fight

The Audacity of Ambition

Tolstoy On Disagreement

Jemima Kelly: What Is Trump Like Up Close?

Why Are Some Of Our Most Successful Leaders Mentally Ill?

The End of Cheap Progressive Signalling

How the Bud Light Debacle Predicted America's Corporate Vibe Shift

Banishing The Inner Critic

Stop Making Sense

How I Use ChatGPT

How To Love Classical Music

Notes On the Great Vibe Shift

The Death of Scenius

James Marriott on Neil Postman: Are We Making Ourselves Stupid?

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