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Checking the Fossil Record: Giving and Receiving Advice
Dusting off an old favorite.
Sep 24 • 
The Living Fossils
Thuggistry
Skepticism, Gullibility, and Bayesianism.
Sep 17 • 
Rob Kurzban
54
9
Should You Have Kids?
A question you were never meant to ask.
Sep 10 • 
Josh Zlatkus
18
22
Fear of Missing Out
The Cost of Missed Opportunity. Is there an expression for that?
Sep 3 • 
Rob Kurzban
13
10

August 2025

Insulation Makes Artists and Assholes
What Elon Musk and road rage have in common.
Aug 27 • 
Josh Zlatkus
16
4
Behind the Veil
Competitive Morality Across Cultures
Aug 20 • 
Rob Kurzban
23
6
Little Humans, Big Rules
Parental exhaustion is another tax of the built environment.
Aug 13 • 
Josh Zlatkus
24
9
Cute Crushing
I will hold him and squeeze him and call him George.
Aug 6 • 
Rob Kurzban
12
14

July 2025

The Fossil Record So Far
Where we’ve been, where we’re going, and how we’re doing.
Jul 30 • 
The Living Fossils
18
10
Integrity, Safety, & Conference Venues
Revisiting action-focused vs. identity-focused morality.
Jul 23 • 
Rob Kurzban
29
3
The Luxury of Fudged Numbers
Appreciating the blurry side of life.
Jul 16 • 
Josh Zlatkus
16
Boosterism
You can do it! (See also, “You go!”)
Jul 9 • 
Rob Kurzban
11
2
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