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• Your Book Review: The Tale Of Genji

  October 5, 2026 · 56 min

  Finalist #8 in the Book Review Contest This is one of the finalists in the 2026 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I'll be posting about one of these a week for several…

• Absurd Adventure And Amygdalectomy Advocacy

  October 5, 2026 · 28 min

  I am Daniel Böttger1. In 2023, my review of On The Marble Cliffs took second in the ACX book review contest, and Scott offered me the right to pitch him more essays. I have worked as a neuroscientist, so in 2024 I pitched a post with my…

• Nicholas Decker In Hell

  October 5, 2026 · 32 min

  I. Econblogger Nicholas Decker is not a fan of AI 2040: One of the centerpieces of AI 2040 is the proposal that we pause the development of AI at a high level, use the AI to research alignment, and only then proceed. I am skeptical of…

• Your Book Review: Thomas Urquhart's Translation Of Rabelais

  October 5, 2026 · 37 min

  Finalist #7 in the Book Review Contest [This is one of the finalists in the 2026 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I'll be posting about one of these a week for several…

• Highlights From The Comments On The Substack Religion Debate

  October 1, 2026 · 27 min

  [Original post: Why I'm Staying Out Of The Substack Religion Debate] Ben Smith writes: This post sure reads like participating in the object level debate, not just "writing a post about how I won't participate". I did joke about this at…

• Re: Re: Re: Pritchard On Liberal Happiness

  October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  In early July, Cassie Pritchard argued on Twitter that liberalism had failed; it bet the farm on economic progress making people happier, but although it delivered impressive economic progress, happiness had failed to follow. In late…

• Your Book Review: A Residence Of 21 Years In The Sandwich Islands

  September 28, 2026 · 54 min

  [This is one of the finalists in the 2026 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I'll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you've read them all, I'll ask…

• Why I'm Staying Out Of The Substack Religion Debate

  September 28, 2026 · 21 min

  I. Matthew Adelstein (aka Bentham's Bulldog) and Richard Chappell debate the existence of God. So do JP Andrew, Benjamin Tettu, Sangwon Lee, Ethan Muse, other Ethan, and "Atheistic Journals", all within this month! I thought the…