Slate Star Codex Essays: Volume I

In this book you will find essays concerning philosophy politics economics religion science culture society history mathematics and other topics. They are written in various styles including conversations stories and something close to rants. Volume I contains 28 essays written in 2013 and 2014.Essays include: Reactionary Philosophy In An Enormous Planet-Sized NutshellWirehead Gods On Lotus ThronesMeditations On MolochThe Toxoplasma Of RagePlus 24 more!If Scott wrote his own intro about them he might have said: You will probably disagree with many of these essays. Thats okay. Some of them are even wrong in the sense that I made a mistake or I misunderstood something. Some of them are really hard to understand because Im exploring an unfamiliar topic. Some of them are just jokes.But I think if you read all of them there will be quite a lot that will be true and useful to you. I have been writing about this stuff online for years but this is the first time my work is collected in one place on paper. I hope that these essays are interesting thought-provoking and at least somewhat informative.