I can't believe it's already mid July! I am sharing only two links this week, but they're both pretty long so let's go...
Big Tech Has No Power At All by Curtis Yarvin
https://graymirror.substack.com/p/big-tech-has-no-power-at-all
This is the best essay I have ever read on how power actually works. It is worth reading the entire thing at least once. It makes a lot of things make sense, and offers a very useful framework to sort out the institutional craziness that seems to be dominating life. General disclaimer that sharing a Curtis Yarvin post with certain people WILL get you cancelled, so forward at your own risk.
Ethan Watters "Crazy Like Us" reviewed by Scott Alexander
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like-us
This one is just interesting the whole way through. I have no point to make with it (although I do have my own thoughts). I have not read the book, but I suspect that a measured look at it from an expert is actually more interesting than the book itself.
Big Tech Has No Power At All by Curtis Yarvin
https://graymirror.substack.com/p/big-tech-has-no-power-at-all
This is the best essay I have ever read on how power actually works. It is worth reading the entire thing at least once. It makes a lot of things make sense, and offers a very useful framework to sort out the institutional craziness that seems to be dominating life. General disclaimer that sharing a Curtis Yarvin post with certain people WILL get you cancelled, so forward at your own risk.
Ethan Watters "Crazy Like Us" reviewed by Scott Alexander
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like-us
This one is just interesting the whole way through. I have no point to make with it (although I do have my own thoughts). I have not read the book, but I suspect that a measured look at it from an expert is actually more interesting than the book itself.