🔭 Culture Science

On which side of the fault line are you?

In “High-Dimensional Foraging” Robin Hanson describes a model of the reality that I believe we exist in: a vast universe, a very small slice of which we…

Jul 15 •

Unfakeable Signals of Good Faith

These methods help you win even if the other guy isn't operating in good faith. And if everyone adopts these methods, then it becomes win-win-win!

May 29 •

We can do cultural engineering openly, ethically, and sustainably

This is an open letter to the researchers at the University of Zurich: the work you're doing is extremely important, but there is a better way

May 2 •

New York Times is Trying to Explain Psyops

This is a monumental shift in mainstream reporting, I think it's very good!

Mar 22 •

A Beginner's Guide to Culture Science

Also known as "memetics", it's the study of the narratives that shape human behavior, and how they propagate & evolve

Jan 8 •

Why are we putting up with clickbait?

We have the agency to solve this in a way that is good for us individually AND for the companies

Nov 21, 2024 •

Blue tribe is starting to win by adopting the best of conservative values

This is very good news, for both the left and the right

Nov 12, 2024 •

Can we use Twitter Radar to empirically study & predict culture?

It's pretty cool, but it doesn't have the granularity I hoped for

Nov 10, 2024 •

Criticizing your own tribe is how you win

Your enemies will not take your feedback, because they don't trust you, but your friends will listen to you

Nov 4, 2024 •

How to build culture tech

You can implement things in hardware, in software, or in culture

Oct 26, 2024 •

Destigmatize being dumb

Being smart is good. Feeling shame around it makes us dumber.

Oct 20, 2024 •

Narrative Spears

How to effect change through self fulfilling predictions

Sep 29, 2024 •

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