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by Awais Aftab
Psychiatrist Awais Aftab works the contested ground between psychiatry and its critics — what a diagnosis is, whether overdiagnosis is real, what antidepressants actually do — in essays and long interviews that take philosophy of psychiatry seriously without sliding into anti-psychiatry. The most careful writing on mental health you'll find in a newsletter.
April 13, 2026
Experimental History on overlooked paths to impact, Dario Amodei's five-hour conversation with Lex Fridman, and Ethan Mollick on what just happened in AI.
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.
March 23, 2026
Dwarkesh interviews Terence Tao on mathematical discovery, the ACX Grants results fund 42 projects, and EconTalk's Tim Ferriss conversation goes unexpectedly deep.
