Steps to Phaeacia

Pro-progress, anti-safetyist commentary on Scientific & Cultural matters from a Genomics PhD. Attempting to shape culture towards optimism, an abundance mindset & freedom.

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

all life is an experiment

Maximum Progress is a blog by Max Tabarrok on economics, science, philosophy, and progress.

I write essays about relationships, agency, and creativity. I hang with our kids. We live on a windswept island in the Baltic Sea. 

arg min: a blog of minimum value. on the history, foundations, and validity of "optimally" automated decision making.

deepdives into science, philosophy, and how to be a human

A collection of curiosities and conjectures