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Best books of 2021
In 2021, I started 23 books: 20 non-fiction, 2 biographies and 1 fiction. Here are my 6 best.
Gerard Clos
Dec 26, 2021
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Crypto epistemic update 2021
Epistemic updates on crypto and NFTs.
Gerard Clos
Dec 19, 2021
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What makes a good life
A top student of her high school class is approaching graduation, and she must choose what to do next year. Only she is hunted by feelings of doubt and…
Gerard Clos
Aug 12, 2021
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The biology of FOMO
Why do we fear missing out? The most basic theory goes a bit like this: We are social animals. Social animals experience evolutionary pressure to…
Gerard Clos
Aug 6, 2021
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Political representation in 2021
Many years ago I wrote a piece about the current state of political affairs. In there, I argued that it is very hard to build a political majority due…
Gerard Clos
Aug 8, 2021
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On Premises
Premises are assertions taken at face value that serve as the bedrock for other ideas. They are, however, most useful to me as a tool to uncover new…
Gerard Clos
Apr 29, 2021
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Bayesian theism
Say, you put the chance of God existing at 75%. Your number might be higher but the key is that it can’t never be 100% because you can’t prove…
Gerard Clos
Oct 10, 2020
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Intractable Problems
There’s a saying that stipulates you only need one correct argument to be right. If you need more it probably means you either are wrong or need to…
Gerard Clos
May 31, 2020
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Hello World
Well, this happened. The world is on lockdown and me with it, so I figured I might as well try to bring back an old good habit of mine: writing. This…
Gerard Clos
Apr 11, 2020
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The culture stop
Anthony Mackie rants about the movie industry: There are no movie stars anymore. Anthony Mackie is not a movie star, the Falcon is a movie star. […] The…
Gerard Clos
Feb 21, 2021
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Don't take supply for granted
The recent kerkuffle around the US backing the suspension of Covid vaccine patents got me thinking about how we’ve become numb to supply woes.1…
Gerard Clos
May 6, 2021
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