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Unpublishable Papers

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Ideas about what makes humans so brilliant, terrible, and utterly strange.

Michael Levin made me believe in gods

10 Sep 2026

Toward a natural history of the cognosphere

And the universe said you are the universe

18 Aug 2026

On childhood, black holes and meeting your heroes

The New York Times is publishing AI slop

17 Jul 2026

And why that's bad, in case you still need convincing

How to make more prodigies

25 Jun 2026

Mainly, give the kids money for butterflies

In Lesotho, the mushroom speaks

23 Apr 2026

Or: the first good evidence of classical psychedelic use outside the Americas

A mortal sin of argumentation

21 Apr 2026

It is fruitless to argue against something that your interlocutor does not believe

Cognitive Anthropology Takes On Extraordinary Beliefs and Child Freedom

10 Mar 2026

A recording from Eli Stark-Elster and Tommy Blanchard's live video

Automation will set science free

4 Mar 2026

It was always about the questions

To the Stone-Cutters

9 Feb 2026

Notes from the Field #2

School is way worse for kids than social media

29 Jan 2026

On building a world that doesn’t make children stressed, anxious, and sad

It costs money to share the future

18 Jan 2026

On AI, targeted advertising, and the subtle cruelty of paternalism

Some works of art are objectively better

15 Jan 2026

On intelligence, aesthetics, and building a life worth living

Why Is Everything 'Wrapped'?

17 Dec 2025

On Spotify, WEIRDness and the endless search for ourselves

God, and other things that are just for fun

6 Dec 2025

On dancing our way to divinity

News From the Future #1

24 Nov 2025

The Experience Machine

Where Do the Children Play?

6 Nov 2025

On the need for a world without us

He who is without sin

13 Oct 2025

On factory farming, the Holocaust and hypocrisy

Experience required

29 Sep 2025

Or: Do Atheists Dream of Conscious Trees?

Goldilocks questions

15 Sep 2025

On the nature of "PhD-level intelligence"

I Do Not Recommend Boofing Plants

2 Sep 2025

Notes from the Field #1