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An overview of Putanumonit for new readers.

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The Skewed and the Screwed: When Mating Meets Politics

Progressive women complain about men and post hot selfies for Bernie, right-wing guys learn seduction and whine about hypergamy. When politics sets the sexes against each other, it's all about the ratio.

January 26, 2020January 29, 202030 Comments
guest post, love

The Bisexual Woman’s Guide to Dating Women

Most bisexual women only date guys - it's easy, familiar, and accepted. This is where Sana Al-Badri comes in.

January 20, 2020January 20, 20202 Comments
love

Go F*** Someone

People seek being worthy of intimacy more than they seek intimacy. That's not a good thing.

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020dating11 Comments
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100 Ways To Live Better

Life advice from my most popular Twitter thread ever.

December 30, 2019February 1, 20206 Comments
rationality

Is Rationalist Self-Improvement Real?

It's obvious to some people that Rationality can improve your life, and equally obvious to others that it won't - the latter group includes Daniel Kahneman and Scott Alexander. Who's right? And how would we know?

December 8, 2019December 9, 20192 Comments
book review

The Player Character

Video games are a massively popular story art form, but there is little good writing about them online. Well, here's some writing about video games and the stories they tell.

November 27, 2019November 27, 20196 Comments
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Making Markets

Making a market combines probability estimates with measures of confidence and risk. It's good practice in finance, and good practice for Bayesians.

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019finance, probability2 Comments
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Genesis

Resolving the world feels exactly the same as creating it.

November 11, 2019consciousness11 Comments
love, model agency, rationality

Polyamory is Rational(ist)

Are Rationalists just a polyamory community? And if not, what explains the connection between the two? I dig deep into the data, and reach some unexpected conclusions.

October 16, 2019January 26, 2020polyamory29 Comments
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Short Survey on Beliefs and Habits

Please fill out my short research survey on the beliefs and habits of my readers. The results, along with my hypotheses, will be published on Putanumonit. The survey is anonymous, multiple-choice, and should take 5 minutes to complete. If you have any comments about the survey, feel free to post them below. Thank you!   … Continue reading Short Survey on Beliefs and Habits

October 4, 20195 Comments
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Interview With Aella, Part II

Discussing trauma, epistemic rationality, free will, acid, and the void with Aella.

September 27, 20196 Comments
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Interview with Aella, Part I

Chatting with Aella about her background, Twitter, Jews, the homeless, LSD ranches, Inuit mythology, insecurity, and sex.

September 18, 2019September 27, 20197 Comments
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Predictable Identities – Midpoint Review

A summary with links of the first 16 posts in the Predictable Identities series.

September 12, 2019Leave a comment
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Impotential

Moving, focusing, and wondering how important is my potential.

September 2, 20192 Comments
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Unstriving

Dealing with the gap between the pursuit of greatness and the acceptance of mediocrity.

August 15, 2019August 15, 201914 Comments
interview

Diana Fleischman and Geoffrey Miller – Audience Q&A

Audience Q&A with the first couple of Effective Altruist ev psych polyamory, Diana Fleischman and Geoffrey Miller.

August 4, 2019August 3, 2019psychology, sexuality6 Comments
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Cephaloponderings

A guest post on the strange lives of octopuses.

July 26, 2019July 26, 20197 Comments
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Summer Programming Notice 2019

Where to find Putanumonish content this July.

July 20, 2019September 2, 20191 Comment
interview

Diana Fleischman and Geoffrey Miller – Interview

Extremely wide ranging interview with the first couple of Effective Altruist ev psych polyamory, Diana Fleischman and Geoffrey Miller.

July 8, 2019September 9, 20197 Comments
book review

PlayStation Odysseys

Three millennia apart, the greatest works of narrative art are dominated by the character of the antihero father. Why are Odysseuses so compelling?

June 25, 2019June 26, 2019narrative, philosophy, video games5 Comments

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