Meditation on the double-slit experiment and the strangeness of quantum physics (Twitter/X)
Still uploading chapters of The Voice from the Darkness at Royal Road.
T.M. Luhrman reviews Michael Pollan's new book on consciousness.
Testerone levels are rising in American men, but nobody knows why. (Twitter/X) Sperm counts are also rising.
Henry Hobson Richardson and the American Romanesque, with links to an enormous collection of images.
Excellent, thoughtful review of Traversal by Maria Popova, a big book that examines the connections between scientifis research and our broader search for meaning.
Steven Pinker on evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers.
London history: the 1906 Hackney Yearbook.
No, Marc Andreessen, introspection is not a recent Viennese invention.
Thomas de Quincey as an essayist.
More ships from the 1281 Mongol invasion of Japan keep being found.
Will increasing computer prowess mean that humans no longer understand pioneering scientific research?
Open plan offices suck. (Twitter/X)
Woke, MAGA, and American higher education. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Frank Relle in the swamps of Louisiana, interesting photographs.
Scientists capture detailed video of sperm whale birth (article at Science, news piece with video)
Ben Pentreath in New York, Charleston, and Chicago.
John McWhorter on the legacy of ML King, moving beyond race to justice.
Sorting through Oliver Sacks' possessons after his death, his partner discovered that he had filled hundreds of books with extensive marginal notes.
Robin Hanson on why we value authenticity.

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