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Redistribution Shift: The Hidden Cost of Redistribution
How redistribution naturally induces more demand for it and deter its own supply.
Sep 12
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Gabe
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The Eldritch in the 21st century
We're so much richer, smarter and full of technology. Why does it feel like everything is going wrong?
Sep 10
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Gabe
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Introducing MicroCommit
What is the smallest practical commitment an organisation can ask of its members?
Sep 8
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Gabe
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August 2025
The Gabian History of Mathematics
One of these times where Humanity solved a Big Problem
Aug 29
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Gabe
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The Fungible Threat to the Enlightenment Philosophy
About Freedom, Wealth Concentration, and the Separation of Power
Aug 21
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Gabe
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How to Identify Futile Moral Debates
A small framework for identifying which moral discussions are worth having
Aug 18
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Gabe
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The Formation of Unreflected Beliefs
On the fine balance between changing one's mind and getting mind-hacked.
Aug 16
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Gabe
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The Experience of Obliviousness
How unreflected beliefs cause us to durably miss obvious things.
Aug 14
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Gabe
5
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Games We Can't Win
When everyone loses: the shared structure behind wars, status games, and destructive competitions
Aug 11
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Gabe
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About Stress
On the nature of Stress, and a few pointers towards reliably managing it
Aug 6
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Gabe
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July 2025
The Three Ideological Stances
How ideologies waste our time and that of their supporters
Jul 14
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Gabe
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June 2025
Trying the Obvious Thing
A nice anti-troll defence mechanism
Jun 28
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Gabe
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