Living Fossils

Hobbits - Part II

The Three Powers

Nov 19 • 

Rob Kurzban

4

2

Moving Beyond System 1 and 2

Can you think without thinking?

Nov 12 • 

Josh Zlatkus

21

10

2

Two Ways to Choose: Loyalty or Morality

Is loyalty a kind of morality or the opposite of it?

Nov 5 • 

Rob Kurzban

19

6

4

October 2025

How to Understand Human Behavior (Part 2/3)

Every situation is a piece of cake.

Oct 29 • 

Josh Zlatkus

17

7

4

How Would Humans Have Handled Hobbits?

The Primary Part of a Parable.

Oct 22 • 

Rob Kurzban

10

3

How to Understand Human Behavior (Part 1/3)

Understanding the person.

Oct 15 • 

Josh Zlatkus

28

6

4

Should You Get Into A Utilitarian Waymo?

Let’s Put the Three Laws of Robotics into Robots.

Oct 1 • 

Rob Kurzban

16

5

2

September 2025

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

81

18

21

Should You Have Kids?

A question you were never meant to ask.

Sep 10 • 

Josh Zlatkus

26

24

4

Fear of Missing Out

The Cost of Missed Opportunity. Is there an expression for that?

Sep 3 • 

Rob Kurzban

15

10

3

August 2025

Insulation Makes Artists and Assholes

What Elon Musk and road rage have in common.

Aug 27 • 

Josh Zlatkus

17

4

3