2025-05-28
dreaming your dreams
Yaw on the current state of Nigeria. Two particular facts are relevant for assessing the population and fertility rate of Nigeria: “The federal government then distributes that oil money to states and local governments based on their population size”, and “Even Nigeria’s former National Population Commission said: No census has been credible”.
Alex Chalmers in Works in Progress explains our current nuclear regulatory paradigm as being based on the idea that there is no safe level of radiation, a hypothesis which is likely untrue, but by its very definition currently unable to be conclusively tested.
Republic of Letters has another pair of posts, this one arguing on the influence of gatekeepers on the publishing industry: negative, by Courtney Sender; positive, by Lincoln Michel. This style of paired opinion articles is really cool.
Bentham's Bulldog on wild animal suffering. Although personally, I’m cautious of any moral reasoning that ends up adjacent to promortalism.
Etienne FD creates the definitive civilization-style tech tree.
Sam Enright linkthread.
Andy MacKenzie neurobiology linkthread.
Zvi dating linkthread.
