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A Governance Innovation Crisis
Consider two possible ways culture could be kept adaptive:
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Robin Hanson
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A Status Story of Modern Abstraction
Ten days ago I posted on the modern rise and fall of abstraction, focusing more on the most potent changes to our highest most powerful abstractions…
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Robin Hanson
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Wealth, Reason Weaken Culture
What could cause rich healthy peaceful societies like ours to so consistently become “decadent”?
Dec 11
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Robin Hanson
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My Big Ask
I’ve noticed after several years writing on cultural drift, I’ve yet to tempt anyone to work with me on understanding or fixing it, nor to indirectly…
Dec 8
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Robin Hanson
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Prediction Markets Now
I’ve been asked: what do I think of Kalshi and Polymarket, the suddenly big prediction markets.
Dec 7
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Robin Hanson
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The Money Ick
Recently Kalshi’s CEO Mansour said: “[Our] long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion”.
Dec 7
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Robin Hanson
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Market Sabotage is Rare
Stock markets trade a lot of money estimating the expected future profits of each firm.
Dec 6
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Robin Hanson
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The Rise And Fall of Abstraction
Most animals see the world around them in pretty concrete terms.
Dec 3
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Robin Hanson
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November 2025
The Male Gender-War Advantage
Each (of the main two) gender has things that it honestly wants from the other, and also things that it is reluctant to give up to them.
Nov 30
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Robin Hanson
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US War Dept’s Big UFO Lie
UFOs appear to be intelligently-guided artificial physical craft with tech abilities far exceeding those of any known human society.
Nov 29
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Robin Hanson
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Pay Pariah Cults?
When genetic engineering becomes popular, parents are likely to make convergent choices of DNA for their kids.
Nov 25
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Robin Hanson
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Cultural Forces
I’m still early in thinking about culture, and only recently thought to ask about the relative importance of different cultural forces, and how that…
Nov 19
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Robin Hanson
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