The ACOUP historian in short form: expert threads that take a viral bad question — could the armies of 1939 Europe conquer modern Africa? — and dismantle it with armour thicknesses, population and GDP comparisons and Chad's 1987 'Toyota War', plus a weekly pointer to the long blog post. Expect plenty of pointed political commentary alongside the history.
February 16, 2026
An EconTalk episode on America's WWII production miracle, Gwern's scaling hypothesis revisited, and Scott Alexander introduces the AI 2027 scenario.
July 13, 2026
Scott Alexander's team publishes its plan for AI going well, Joel Mokyr defends his Nobel thesis, and Ted Gioia argues the Odyssey belongs in the music department.
March 30, 2026
Veritasium tells the story of antimatter's discovery, PBS Space Time asks if we can test quantum gravity, and Experimental History on why being serious matters.
