Oct 23 2026 - 1:00am

The power grab of the AI doomers Their controls would be dystopian

Nirit Weiss-Blatt

20.11

Smart cities will kill freedom Planning is the enemy of play

Matthew Crawford

30.12

Progressives have sacrificed liberalism The mania for political purity is squandering our hard-won freedoms

Paul Marshall

22.11

Rationalists are wrong about telepathy Steven Pinker's denialism reveals the prejudice of the scientific establishment

Rupert Sheldrake

16.02

When did we give up on persuasion? Culture warriors on both the Left and Right are too scared of changing their minds

Tom Chivers

15.10

The tyranny of queer theory Even if you're gay, being monogamous is seen as reactionary — if not outright bigoted

Mary Harrington

09.09

Why a little knowledge is a dangerous thing Almost everything that is wrong with the world is caused by coordination problems

Tom Chivers

24.06

Slate Star Codex must remain anonymous The New York Times wants to out the author of a blog that is one of the few sites for reasoned argument

Tom Chivers

27.03

We’ve got Pascal all wrong

Graham Tomlin