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• [article] Mechanical success vs nepotism and luck — 1 Nov 2024
  We usually complain about systems ‘getting in our way’, with arbitrary criteria that determine success. But this goes the other way too. Much of my success and that of those around me is similarly mechanical. Not luck, effort, or nepotism.
• [marginalium] Why some accidents are unavoidable — 15 Jun 2023
• [marginalium] The diverse economies of neolithic peoples — 14 Jun 2023
• [marginalium] The failure of market knows best economics — 13 Jun 2023
• [marginalium] Truth decay and national security — 11 Jun 2023
• [marginalium] How to beat roulette — 10 Jun 2023
• [marginalium] The Moral Economy Of High-Tech Modernism — 16 May 2023
• [marginalium] What happens, then, when large and powerful states, along with the transnational institutions and corporations they promote and protect, are all driving towards the same goal — 15 May 2023
• [marginalium] On the opportunity cost of castles — 6 May 2023
• [marginalium] Who do people think are influential in their own community — 3 May 2023
• [marginalium] On the unnecessary nature of human space adventures — 11 Apr 2023
• [marginalium] More ideas for efficient hot water bottle use than I thought possible — 3 Apr 2023
• [marginalium] How military planning works — 2 Apr 2023
• [marginalium] Excerpts from famously prolific reader Tyler Cowan on how to read fast, well, and widely — 17 Feb 2023
• [marginalium] How to study effectively — 14 Feb 2023