cleanAir communication economics explainer gameTheory math personality philosophy policy science selfImprovement statistics writing
cleanAir
Avoid ultrasonic humidifiers
Better air is the easiest way not to die
The Cuboid: A DIY air purifier that's better than a box-fan
Experiments on a $50 DIY air purifier you can make in 30s
communication
What I learned from reading about writing
Doing discourse better: Stuff I wish I knew
economics
Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax
Why I'm skeptical of universal basic income
Comparative advantage and when to blow up your island
explainer
What happens if you don't fill out that ethnicity form?
Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax
Making the Monty Hall problem weirder but obvious
Comparative advantage and when to blow up your island
gameTheory
Comparative advantage and when to blow up your island
math
Simpson's paradox and the tyranny of strata
Temperature conversion for the lazy and simple-minded
It's hard to use utility maximization to justify creating new sentient beings
Making the Monty Hall problem weirder but obvious
personality
Are some personalities just better?
In defense of Myers-Briggs
philosophy
Are ethics all a lie?
Pragmatic reasons to believe in formal ethics
It's hard to use utility maximization to justify creating new sentient beings
policy
The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated
What happens if you don't fill out that ethnicity form?
Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax
Why fairness is basically unobservable
Policy proposals and what we don't know about them
The veil of darkness
Your ratios don't prove what you think they prove
Doing discourse better: Stuff I wish I knew
science
A review of early split-brain experiments
Alcohol, health, and the ruthless logic of the Asian flush
Better air is the easiest way not to die
The Cuboid: A DIY air purifier that's better than a box-fan
Napoleon's failure in Russia as an analogy for T-cell based viral immunity
Experiments on a $50 DIY air purifier you can make in 30s
Temperature conversion for the lazy and simple-minded
What happens if you drink acetone?
selfImprovement
Alcohol, health, and the ruthless logic of the Asian flush
How to run without all the pesky agonizing pain
statistics
Are some personalities just better?
The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated
Why fairness is basically unobservable
Policy proposals and what we don't know about them
Simpson's paradox and the tyranny of strata
The veil of darkness
Your ratios don't prove what you think they prove
Making the Monty Hall problem weirder but obvious
In defense of Myers-Briggs
writing
What I learned from reading about writing