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Julia Galef
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Julia Galef's personal blog at juliagalef.com covers philosophy and science. Since 2017, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Unpopular ideas about social norms”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Julia Galef's blog for a steelman of the econ 101 case against rent controls, a line-level palindrome homage to Hofstadter's Crab Canon, and essays on unpopular ideas about society.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Welcome! I'm Julia Galef, host of the Rationally Speaking podcast, and author of THE SCOUT MINDSET, out April 13th, 2021. Buy a hardcover, e-book, or audiobook here. "The Scout Mindset is a lens, and once you're looking through it, the world makes a lot more sense." Tim Urban, author of Wait But W
Most-linked posts?
- Unpopular ideas about social norms3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-08-23
- A palindromic poem for Douglas Hofstadter2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-03-13
- Julia Galef: The Scout Mindset2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-05-26
- Should we build lots more housing in San Francisco?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-07-13
- Does Irrationality Fuel Innovation?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-04-08
What Hacker News says?
Some good ones: http://avc.com/ http://paulgraham.com/ http://www.moserware.com/ https://believermag.com/ https://blogmaverick.com/ https://fs.blog/ https://juliagalef.com/ https://marginalrevolution.com/ https://nav.al/ https://sive.rs/ https://torrentfreak.com/author/ernesto/ https://vitalik.ca/ https://waitbutwhy.com/ https://www.lrb.co.uk/ https://www.metafilter.com/ https://xkcd.com/
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on “Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?”Submitted Brief thoughts on the “Google memo” as a story · 183 points
HN discussionWondering about that too. What are the "wonderfullness" criteria? For example, the first article I clicked on: https://juliagalef.com/2017/08/23/unpopular-ideas-about-soci... has some pretty vile stuff: > Non-offending pedophiles should be more widely accepted by society. It’s unfair to ostracize someone for a desire they were born with, and integrating them into society makes them less likely to cause harm.
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on “Read Something Wonderful”Submitted Does Irrationality Fuel Innovation? as a story · 76 points
HN discussionYes, but a lot of people, for various reasons, either believe that econ 101 arguments don't apply in this situation or that even if they do, the effects of building market rate housing are still undesirable. Their actual stated arguments tend to be delivered in unconvincing ways, but Julia Galef (who I gather does believe in the econ 101 take) took a stab at steelmanning that side in https://juliagalef.com/2017/07/1…
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on ““For Rent” signs are popping up all over Portland”Submitted Does irrationality fuel innovation? as a story · 74 points
HN discussionFor a line level palindrome homage to Douglas Hofstadter's Crab Canon see https://juliagalef.com/2017/02/21/a-poem-for-douglas-hofstad...
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on “World’s longest palindrome?”Submitted Should we build lots more housing in San Francisco? as a story · 71 points
HN discussionHi HN community, I'm excited to share a short and engaging exercise I've developed, designed to help refine and calibrate your confidence levels. The aim? To align your confident predictions more accurately with reality - your 55% confident claims become 55% accurate, and your 95% confident assertions, 95% accurate. This interactive adaptation is inspired by Julia Galef's Scouts Mindset, and it provides a fun, hands…
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on “How accurate is your confidence?”Submitted Unpopular ideas about social norms as a story · 32 points
HN discussionSubmitted Julia Galef: The Scout Mindset as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A taxonomy of ways books change your worldview as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A palindromic poem for Douglas Hofstadter as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unpopular ideas about social norms as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We need a new word for "lazy" (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted When is overconfidence useful (if ever)? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Insightful articles on free speech and social justice as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Not all disagreements are opportunities to change your own mind as a story · 1 points
HN discussion- nl · 2017-08-24
Submitted Unpopular ideas about politics and economics as a story · 1 points
HN discussion Submitted Map of Bay Area memespace (2013/17) as a story · 1 points
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