Substacks recommended by Dan Gardner

Recommended by Dan Gardner

I'm a cognitive scientist in the Department of Psychology at Harvard, who teaches, does research, and writes books on language, mind, and human nature.

The Fry Corner

By Stephen Fry

A sack of stubs, a stub sack, a stack of subs, a substack

Conspicuous Cognition

By Dan Williams

Writer. Academic philosopher. Writing about philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more.

In Due Course

By Joseph Heath

My personal Substack

Joseph Heath is a philosopher who is fearless and thinks with the precision demanded by his profession. But he's also -- and I wish this was more common among his colleagues -- a thrillingly lucid writer. Please do subscribe.

- Dan Gardner

Ruxandra's Substack

By Ruxandra Teslo

Pro-progress, anti-safetyist commentary on Scientific & Cultural matters from a Genomics PhD. Attempting to shape culture towards optimism, an abundance mindset & freedom.

Hidden Japan

By Leon

Understand the Japanese Psyche with a local English speaker's perspective

Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

The best Substack in the Anglosphere by top British journalist, David Aaronovitch

All Predictions Wrong

By Gregg Easterbrook

All Predictions Wrong offers eclectic commentary on science, sports, politics, economics, faith, movie plot holes, cars and my hometown of Buffalo New York. During the NFL season, Tuesday Morning Quarterback is included.

Brian’s Bullshit-Free Zone

By Brian Dunning

Separating Reality from Bullshit, Information from Misinformation: UFOs, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine scams, and all the other crap out there we must be wary of

After Babel

By Jon Haidt

A free weekly newsletter where Jon Haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and share insights on how we can build something better.

Thinking in Bets

By Annie Duke

Decision making in an uncertain world.

One Useful Thing

By Ethan Mollick

Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick

Defending Canadian Democracy

By Emmett Macfarlane

Informed analysis on events in Canadian politics in an era of misinformation and democratic decline.

History, Rinse, & Repeat

Documenting the similarities between historical events and modern times with a primary focus on politics and also culture.

Drezner’s World

By Daniel W. Drezner

A bunch of unedited stuff about international relations, American politics, political economy, the marketplace of ideas, and popular culture written by this Drezner guy

This Day In History

The most powerful and historical events, everyday, right in your inbox.

Bug-eyed and Shameless

By Justin Ling

Dispatches from the fringes of the information war

So many "independent" journalists are chained to a party, cause, or ideology. Justin Ling is is the rare exception -- a truly independent journalist who investigates without prejudice and delivers what he finds without filters.

- Dan Gardner

Marcus on AI

By Gary Marcus

"Marcus has become one of our few indispensable public intellectuals. The more people read him, the better our actions in shaping Al will be." - Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future

The smartest, most skeptical analysis of the emerging technology that could determine humanity's future.

- Dan Gardner

Science Fictions

By Stuart Ritchie

Good writing about bad science

Don't want to be misled by the latest hype in science news? Stuart Ritchie is a scientist who subjects the headlines to his gimlet-eyed scrutiny.

- Dan Gardner

A History of Mankind

By David Roman

The entire history of mankind, in regular installments. Not just European stuff, but the history of all mankind, from the Americas to Sub-Saharan Africa & Oceania

Civil War Memory

By Kevin M. Levin

Reflections on the History and Legacy of America's Bloodiest and Most Divisive Conflict

The Real Story

By Terry Glavin

All The News I Couldn't Fit In Print

Bentham's Newsletter

By Bentham's Bulldog

Utilitarianism, ethical veganism, culture war stuff, philosophy, morality, and more!

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Non-Boring History

By Annette Laing

Join renegade historian and Brit in the US Dr. Annette Laing on her witty history mystery tour. Substack Featured Newsletter.

The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Newsletter

By Steve Stewart-Williams

The newsletter of Professor Steve Stewart-Williams. Evolutionary psychology, sex differences, nature and nurture, science, philosophy, and more.

Telling the Future

By Robert de Neufville

On predicting the future

Robert de Neufville is a certified "superforecaster" writing about forecasting -- often with discussions of major issues in the headlines now. If you want to become a better forecaster, start here.

- Dan Gardner

Paul Krugman

Notes on economics and more

History Club

By Jason Steinhauer

A space to think critically about the world.

The Long View: A Field Guide

By Richard Fisher

How to transform the way you see time

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Conversations on genetics, history, politics, books, culture and evolution

Astral Codex Ten

By Scott Alexander

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

The Ruffian

By Ian Leslie

Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from the noise.

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality

Economic history, economics, political economy, finance, & forecasting. Here to try to make you (and me) smarter in a world with many increasingly deep & complicated troubles...

Age of Invention, by Anton Howes

Tales from the history of innovation.

NonZero Newsletter

By Robert Wright

Politics, psychology, and tips on averting the apocalypse.

Always eclectic and thoughtful, Robert Wright wrote Nonzero and Why Buddhism is True, two of my favourite books. (If the latter sounds surprising to you given in my interests, read the book.)

- Dan Gardner

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