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

  • the era of the business idiot 29 Apr 2026 [marginalium] The Era Of The Business Idiot. Good article on what I have variously called Malcolm Gladwell Shit or karstic traps. I’ll pull a few quotes f...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • anthropic co-founder on ai 23 May 2025 [marginalium] Jack Clark on AI, co-founder of Anthropic. Lots of interesting insights, especially about the value of people. Not very optimistic about the...
  • the era of the business idiot 23 May 2025 [marginalium] The Era Of The Business Idiot. Intro through some of the sillier uses of AI into a critique of the Rot Economy: a useful description for ho...
  • 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...
  • policy-oriented political philosophy 1 May 2025 [marginalium] Policy-oriented political philosophy. The article frames it best: how does political philosophy relate to policy? What I found interesting...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 roots of democratic legitimacy 3 Apr 2025 [marginalium] The Roots Of Democratic Legitimacy. This is a technical article, but you can skim it to draw out the main point. We balance majority (repres...
  • anecdote on homeschooling 28 Mar 2025 [marginalium] Why We Ended Up Homeschooling. Anecdotal, but I liked this line: I don’t think most people understand the true opportunity cost of schoolin...
  • business metrics broke universities 21 Mar 2025 [marginalium] How business metrics broke universities. I hate the layout of this article, but suffer through. Interesting skim: Small departments were el...
  • asking the right questions 13 Mar 2025 [marginalium] On asking the right questions. This guy approaches the concept from the perspective of troubleshooting. What makes good troubleshooting? I a...
  • how the mormons conquered america 13 Mar 2025 [marginalium] How The Mormons Conquered America. I talk a lot about how cults seem like some kind of human default. Not destructive cults, but groups base...
  • ai is puncturing conspiracy theories 7 Mar 2025 [marginalium] AI is puncturing conspiracy theories: In a pair of studies involving more than 2,000 participants, the researchers found a 20 percent reduc...
  • personality traits and gender gaps 7 Mar 2025 [marginalium] Personality traits and gender gaps: Higher conscientiousness and emotional stability and lower agreeableness levels enhance earnings and jo...
  • are women more left 1 Mar 2025 [marginalium] Are women more left? No: Women are not more Leftist, per se. Rather, the specific variety of Leftism that is currently riding high is extre...

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