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Rational by accident — humans do not make sense by instinct
When humans display rationality, we’re wielding a tool we stumbled upon, not expressing an essential quality of our nature.
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31:25
The biological human — Why “normal” is a comforting lie
In our public discourse, default linguistic constructions, and intuitive patterns of thought, the native homo sapiens self-impression holds the…
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1:08:47
Why America is now a failed state...
Chapter 2: The architects of the "Second American Revolution"
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22:00
Why America is now a failed state... by its own definitions
Chapter 1: What the Founders actually designed
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54:20
The Acceleration, part 4
Episode 4: We are not the planet — "the planet" does not even notice
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24:25
Humans are prone to cult-like behaviors
Are you in any cults? Find out here...
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32:12
The Acceleration, part 3
Episode 3: Stone Age brains meet planetary problems
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17:18
The Acceleration, part 2
Listen now (17 mins) | Episode 2: The scale is planetary
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14:25
The Acceleration, part 1
Listen now | Episode 1: It's not the heat, it's the velocity
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Allen Schyf’s Substack
Allen Schyf’s Substack
My personal Substack, where I attempt to express what I believe about how we are, why we tend to make the choices we do, and what we could (maybe) do better
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