Sympathetic Opposition with a short online retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Somewhat related, Naomi Kanakia with another piece on close reading, which I’m not sure I agree with: I personally think the distinction is more about differences in style between analytic and intuitive learning.
Toby Shorin on Dialectic. Enjoyed this less than other Dialectic interviews, as it feels like the whole lifestyle-as-a-service vibe that you get around people with more money than meaning. Still some interesting thoughts about the Enlightenment and Romantic eras which can correspond to the rationalists and post-rats.
@melissa on screens. Not sure if this replicates, but an extremely interesting anecdote and approach.
Andy McKenzie neurobiology linkthread. A lot of optimistic news regarding both cryonics and non-destructive brain scanning.
ChinaTalk with a series of translations of analyses from China on Deepseek. Very interesting, with a lot that corresponds with western analysis, and a lot of information available from what differs.
Anticipating the upcoming Chinese Doomscroll analysis of the Chinese New Year performances, but for now there’s a fun translation of advice on where girls can find high-quality guys.
