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Recommended by Steve Stewart-Williams

Evolution, culture and technology, and how they interact in the 21st century. Home of the Artificial Intimacy Newsletter.

Singal-Minded

By Jesse Singal

A newsletter about science, social-justice-activism, why they sometimes fight, and how to help them get along better -- plus a good deal of other, more random stuff.

Astral Codex Ten

By Scott Alexander

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Symbolic Capital(ism)

By Musa al-Gharbi

Exploring the relationships between social justice discourse, inequality, and the rise of the symbolic professions.

Freddie deBoer

cool but rude

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

The Power of Us

By Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

We share science and the stories about social identity, group dynamics, and collective behavior in organizations and society. Hosted in collaboration with the Center for Conflict & Cooperation.

The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

The Poetry of Reality Page is hosted by world renowned evolutionary biologist and best-selling author, Professor Richard Dawkins, celebrated by intellectuals and scientists everywhere for his honest critique of religion and his push for critical thinking.

The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain

By Helen Pluckrose

The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain is a community-driven publication that addresses political & cultural issues and offers a liberal perspective on how to understand them and respond to them.

Helen is one of the clearest, fairest, most fearless thinkers writing today - and also possibly a genius. Her writing will make you think better!

- Steve Stewart-Williams

The Nuzzo Letter

By James L. Nuzzo

The newsletter of Dr. James L. Nuzzo, discussing exercise science, men's health, sex differences, problems in academia, and romantic realism in movies.

Provoked with Dr. Todd Kashdan

By Provoked by Dr. Todd Kashdan

Get sophisticated content on well-being and human performance. Access new psychological angles on how to get the good stuff in life.

Todd is one of the world experts on well being, and an insightful and independent thinker. His Substack will help you to lead a better life, while also challenging and enriching your thinking. Highly recommended!

- Steve Stewart-Williams

Small Potatoes

By Paul Bloom

Psychology, philosophy, jokes, and more

Reality’s Last Stand

By Reality's Last Stand

Holding the line on free speech, science, and reality.

PastPresentFuture

By Dan Gardner

Exploring history to understand today and shape a better tomorrow.

Free the Inquiry

By Heterodox Academy

Free The Inquiry is Heterodox Academy’s home for essays, expert commentary, and conversations about open inquiry in the academy.

One of the most important organizations working in academia today.

- Steve Stewart-Williams

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

The Weekly Dish

By Andrew Sullivan

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - George Orwell.

Excellent, independent commentary on politics, culture, and the issues of the day.

- Steve Stewart-Williams

After Babel

By Jon Haidt

A free weekly newsletter where Jon Haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and offer practical guidance on how we can respond.

Bet On It

By Bryan Caplan

Caplan and Candor

Secrets of Grimoire Manor

By Christopher J Ferguson

A novel of gothic horror and suspense. Also...stuff about science, Dungeons and Dragons, video games and more science.

Sharp thinking and original takes from an excellent researcher and prolific writer.

- Steve Stewart-Williams

Bering in Mind

By Jesse Bering

A space for those interested in human behavior, warts and all, to delight in unadulterated psychological science. All content is 100% free to subscribers.

Sam Harris

Sam Harris is the author of five NYT bestsellers, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up app.

Of Boys and Men

By Richard V Reeves

rising to the challenges faced by the modern male

Unsafe Science

By Lee Jussim

Social science, common sense, and skepticism applied to controversial topics, and occasional personal takes and twists.

Smart, evidence-driven analyses of popular claims in social science - many of which are much shakier than advertised.

- Steve Stewart-Williams

Chris Freiman’s Substack

Matt Ridley

Author of The Rational Optimist and co-founder of Rational Optimist Society

Infinitely More

By Joel David Hamkins

The mathematics and philosophy of the infinite

A fascinating, accessible exploration of the weird and wonderful world of infinity.

- Steve Stewart-Williams

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Coleman’s Corner

By Coleman Hughes

Searching for truth in an uncertain world

Fake Noûs

By Fake Nous

Reasonable thoughts about philosophy, politics, and other interesting stuff.

One Useful Thing

By Ethan Mollick

Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick

Optimally Irrational

By Lionel Page

Deciphering why people and society work the way they do

Lionel writes extremely readable, extremely insightful posts on one of the most important theories in the behavioral sciences: game theory. Highly recommended!

- Steve Stewart-Williams

Persuasion

By Yascha Mounk

The community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.

The Eternally Radical Idea with Greg Lukianoff

A blog about freedom of speech and both the Coddling & Canceling of the American Mind.

An excellent blog by one of the great defenders of free speech of our time: Greg Lukianoff!

- Steve Stewart-Williams

Fair For All

By FAIR Substack

Promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding, and humanity.

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Conversations on population genetics, evolution, history, books, and culture

Off Label

By Sally Satel

Alternative takes from Sally Satel MD. Sally Satel is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, medical director at a methadone clinic, and lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Bold Reasoning with Peter Singer

By Suzi Jamil

Explore the intersections of ethics, philosophy, and impactful living.

Yascha Mounk

Big ideas that help you think for yourself.

Cathy Young

Russian-Jewish-American writer. Author, Ceasefire: Why Women & Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality (1999). Writer, The Bulwark. Newsday columnist, Reason contributing editor.