Missives
Keep track of what's happened since you were last here with the newsletters and the changelog.
November 2, 2020
Changelog
New articles:
Advice on brain science from a farming manual.
The flaws of the human perspective.
New additions to Successful Prophets.
October 20, 2020
Changelog
New article on what might be the oldest and most universal religious impulse, and the crucial role of female zealots.
October 17, 2020
Changelog
Newsletter signup form made less obtrusive but scattered in more places around the site in response to a couple emails noting they couldn’t find it.
Query string parameters implemented so javascript tab navigation remembers what tab you’re on. Had quite some wine before doing this so do let me know if it’s messed up somewhere.
October 16, 2020
Changelog
Updates to high traffic articles:
On the link between reading fiction, the development of empathy, and theory of mind.
October 10, 2020
Changelog
Article on how we choose our psychic predators and the ancient tension between natural law and social law.
Update to the article on Bandura’s famous bobo doll experiments, about how children model violence.
September 26, 2020
Changelog
New article on a societal design feature that keeps us from creating and maintaining communities.
More updates to popular articles—the evils of academic publishing and a short primer on memory.
September 20, 2020
Changelog
New article on the loneliness epidemic.
More updates to ranking search results—the psychology of needs and a primer on psychological theories.
September 13, 2020
Changelog
Updates to old articles that get a lot of traffic:
What our reasons for having sex tell us about sexuality
Gottman’s couple typology, and his rule for relatioship stability
September 10, 2020
Changelog
New article on folie à deux.
Large extension to Successful Prophets.
In response to questions and a general amazement that we don’t take this very seriously, a new project on protecting our digital selves started, with step one complete.