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Overcoming Bias

This is a blog on why we believe and do what we do, why we pretend otherwise, how we might do better, and what our descendants might do, if they don't all die.

  • By Robin Hanson
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly three posts per week
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
May 2021 7
Jun 2021 14
Jul 2021 10
Aug 2021 15
Sep 2021 6
Oct 2021 8
Nov 2021 5
Dec 2021 8
Jan 2022 12
Feb 2022 15
Mar 2022 7
Apr 2022 9
May 2022 9
Jun 2022 9
Jul 2022 14
Aug 2022 8
Sep 2022 7
Oct 2022 11
Nov 2022 11
Dec 2022 10
Jan 2023 5
Feb 2023 0
Mar 2023 0
Apr 2023 0
May 2023 0
Jun 2023 4
Jul 2023 4
Aug 2023 11
Sep 2023 5
Oct 2023 10
Nov 2023 9
Dec 2023 11
Jan 2024 14
Feb 2024 6
Mar 2024 4
Apr 2024 11
May 2024 5

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

More On Evolved Values
Me in 2021: With sufficient further evolution, our descendants are likely to directly and abstractly know that they simply value more descendants. Let me now change my mind somewhat. It makes sense for agents to, …
On , by Robin Hanson, 404 words
I Fear Maladaptive Culture
I’ve been reading, thinking, and talking, trying to get clearer on what exactly are the culture problems I’m worried about, and how best to describe them. I seek descriptions not only easy for an outsider …
On , by Robin Hanson, 1,088 words
Why Exactly Won’t We Build?
Key quotes from Caplan’s Build Baby Build: Why is US housing to expensive? “Two words: government regulation … Housing prices stay high in desirable areas because most governments strictly regulate new construction. … ‘Take it …
On , by Robin Hanson, 544 words