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What Does It Mean to "Write Like You Talk"?
Subordinate clauses, phrasal modifications, and metadiscourse
 • Arjun Panickssery
To Understand History, Keep Former Population Distributions In Mind
Europe used to be much bigger and Africa smaller relative to the world population
 • Arjun Panickssery
Nietzsche's Morality in Plain English
"What is noble? That one leaves happiness to the great majority."
 • Arjun Panickssery
College Admissions Doesn't Need to Be So Competitive
There are only so many high-scoring students in the country
 • Arjun Panickssery
Three Months In, Evaluating Three Rationalist Cases for Trump
From Richard Ngo, Sam Hammond, and Richard Hanania
 • Arjun Panickssery
Why Have Sentence Lengths Decreased?
Sentences as in grammar, not sentences as in prison
 • Arjun Panickssery
China Derangement Syndrome
China is not going to invade and topple the United States
 • Arjun Panickssery
Aristocracy and Hostage Capital
Understanding the pre-modern aristocracy
 • Arjun Panickssery
Five Recent AI Tutoring Studies
Expect more of this in the future
 • Arjun Panickssery
Read More Books but Pretend to Read Even More
How to eat your cake and have it too
 • Arjun Panickssery
Explaining British Naval Dominance During the Age of Sail
It's because of incentives
 • Arjun Panickssery
Consider working more hours and taking more stimulants
Epistemic status: amphetamines
 • Arjun Panickssery
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