analects noun, pl

/ˈan.ə.lɛkts/

a collection of ideas, extracts, or teachings.

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analects organised according to the fundamental questions of philosophy

sequences of articles gathered around a more focused idea

  • against mcaskillian longtermism 10 Jul 2025 [marginalium] Against McAskillian Longtermism: Whatever is wrong with utilitarians who advocate the murder of a million for a 0.0001 percent reduction in...
  • critiquing utilitarianism 2 Jul 2025 [marginalium] I think a lot of people intuitively like the kind of “calculus of pain and pleasure” that utilitarianism offers. But it often falls short of...
  • digital personhood 1 Jul 2025 [marginalium] On the possibilities for secure digital personhood. I am fairly obsessed with this, but my first project on it isn’t very user-friendly. Nor...
  • graduates have multiplied faster than the room at the top 12 Jun 2025 [marginalium] Graduates have multiplied faster than the room at the top: The result is a stock of nearly-men and women whose relationship with their own...
  • preferring skilled migration enhances xenophobia 7 Jun 2025 [marginalium] Preferring skilled migration appears to make us less amenable to migrants more broadly. This is an email about the Australian situation—we o...
  • how to do soul-craft with state tools 6 Jun 2025 [marginalium] How To Do Soul-Craft With State Tools: We seem to be grieving literacy in public lately. Thoughtful essays keep appearing—in TheGuardian, T...
  • what is centrism? 6 Jun 2025 [marginalium] What Is Centrism? This is a mildy interesting critique of centrism as a political destination, and of the flaws in the Democratic approach t...
  • does testosterone effect economic preferences? 30 May 2025 [marginalium] Does Testosterone Effect Economic Preferences? This paper says no: Participants were randomly allocated to receive a single dose of either...
  • superstition in a godless state 30 May 2025 [marginalium] Superstition In A Godless State. On the rise of superstition in the notoriously anti-superstitious Chinese State. It’s hard not to see paral...
  • pitfalls of ai for information gathering 28 May 2025 [marginalium] Pitfalls of AI for information gathering. Nominally about openai’s Deep Research, but applicable to all: it excels at straightforward quest...
  • greening australia 16 May 2025 [marginalium] Greening Australia. And other fairly speculative ideas about how to make Australia wealthier. I’m not very interested in the wealth creation...
  • social media and moore's law 1 May 2025 [marginalium] Social Media and Moore’s Law. From Tyler Cowan, who is confusing me recently, but I still like his predictions. I have a draft article that...
  • what's the deal with autism rates 1 May 2025 [marginalium] What’s the deal with autism rates. A good analysis of the rate increase in the US. I think you’ll find that the rate is not that surprising...
  • the mystery of pope francis 24 Apr 2025 [marginalium] The mystery of Pope Francis. I have been watching the articles on him, wondering why I know much more about Pope Francis than other Popes. L...
  • welcome to the chaoscene 18 Apr 2025 [marginalium] Welcome to the Chaoscene: The climate crisis is here. In order to thrive in these dangerous and precarious times, we must build resilient c...
  • in the new beijing 10 Apr 2025 [marginalium] In The New Beijing: Designed to accommodate five million people and to act as Beijing’s twin, Xiong’an is a city created from nothing. Thi...
  • the religious don't trust scientists' moral character 10 Apr 2025 [marginalium] The religious don’t trust scientists’ moral character (in the US) How do perceptions of scientists’ moral values relate to support for scie...
  • does social media abstinence work 10 Apr 2025 [marginalium] Does social media abstinence work? The findings thus suggest that temporarily stepping away from social media may not be the most optimal a...
  • more lawless than you realise 10 Apr 2025 [marginalium] It’s more lawless out there than you realise: I have been told that the section on insurance in the tax code is so complex that fewer peopl...
  • why did korea split? 4 Apr 2025 [marginalium] The story of the creation of the two Korean states. It won’t surprise you, but I’d never thought about it before.

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