Article in The Point about disillusion with feminism among women, via Marginal Revolution (the entire issue is pretty interesting, actually). I think the two problems that people are experiencing are firstly that various movements were created with axiomatic beliefs which are possibly incorrect but definitely not universal, along with an illiberal strain that seeks to impose the resulting conclusions on everyone. Personally I still think it’s more good than bad and it can be recovered, keeping the good intentions and softening the approach. Something like basing beliefs on empirical and scientific methods, like surveys of behavior and evopsych theories. Then accepting different approaches to resolving differences between ideals and reality according to personal preferences such that everyone can cooperate. Or at least stop being so antagonistic and still be both real and ideological friends, despite having different approaches to life (very abstract, but I feel quite out of my lane already).
Richard Hanania on the economic role of humans following AGI. I mostly agree, particularly in the middle term, but I think he discounts the tendency for the environmental incentives to reshape culture and society. Related, Science Banana on the the “beautiful ones” of the Calhoun mice experiments, with the caveat that a lot of descriptions and comments that you get on this experiment are actually social commentary pushing some particular moral agenda. (Edit: Bentham’s Bulldog on a similar topic).
This is marketing (for the Impulse stove, which seems cool but is more expensive than just buying four copies of the Control Freak), but still an interesting description of potentially the best way to cook eggs.
