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Vaughn Tan
Personal blog · uncertaintymindset.substack.comphilosophyai
Vaughn Tan writes The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd), a personal blog at uncertaintymindset.substack.com about philosophy and ai. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Vaughn Tan's Substack, The Uncertainty Mindset, as one of several newsletters worth reading in an underrated-newsletters thread. The comment gives no topic detail for this one.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
On not-knowing—what it is, how it affects us, and how to relate to it—and other stuff.
What Hacker News says?
Not sure about their underratedness, but I find the following newsletters interesting and insightful: Two Truths and a Take by Alex Danco (tech, VC, and broader topics): https://danco.substack.com/ The Uncertainty Mindset by Vaughn Tan: https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/ The Diff by Byrne Hobart (finance, tech): https://diff.substack.com/ Kneeling Bus by Drew Austin (urbanism, tech): https://kneelingbus.substa…
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on “Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?”Submitted Don't wait until it's obvious as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI's Meaning-Making Problem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Approaching the Wood as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI's Missing Middle as a story · 2 points
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