Cantonese food mentioned! thepsmiths.com/p/review-invit…

Just one more sweeping transdisciplinary exploration of global history. C’mon, bro, I won’t ever talk about the Hajnal Line again. Just let me have one more study of an under-appreciated causal factor for the differing trajectories of human societies. open.substack.com/pub/thepsmiths…

The memes that turn the wheels of history: thepsmiths.com/p/review-the-e…

Have you ever wondered how options trading is like neopaganism? Then this book review is for you! (It’s also for you if you haven’t.)

Lots of people want to opt out of particular technologies, whether it’s giving smartphones to our kids or using embryo selection to choose them. Do the Amish have anything to teach us about doing it? thepsmiths.com/p/review-an-am…

Come for the navel-gazing, stay for the look at what’s next (further navel-gazing). thepsmiths.com/p/2025-the-yea…

Bad news: it turns out we’ve been reading philosophy wrong for hundreds of years. thepsmiths.com/p/joint-review…

This isn’t the worst book I’ve ever read. But it’s the worst book I’ve ever finished. thepsmiths.com/p/review-boymo…

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