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A Theory of Justice

John Rawls

philosophypolitics
book
4.4
10/10ExtremeMay 2024

The Republic

Plato

philosophypolitics
book
4.7
10/10DeepNov 2024

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

literaturephilosophy
book
4.8
10/10ExtremeMay 2024

Stanford HAI

Stanford HAI

technologyai
video
4.3
10/10DeepFeb 2025

Stanford HAI

Stanford HAI

technologyai
website
4.5
10/10DeepMar 2025

The Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay

politicshistory
book
4.5
9/10DeepOct 2024

The Histories

Herodotus

historysociety
book
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2024

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

philosophypolitics
book
4.4
9/10DeepNov 2024

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

philosophypolitics
book
4.5
9/10ModerateNov 2024

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle

philosophysociety
book
4.6
9/10DeepJun 2024

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

philosophypolitics
book
4.3
9/10DeepJul 2024

The Righteous Mind

Jonathan Haidt

psychologypolitics
book
4.6
9/10ModerateApr 2024

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Shoshana Zuboff

technologyeconomics
book
4.3
9/10DeepMar 2024

Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson

economicspolitics
book
4.5
9/10DeepJan 2024

Discipline and Punish

Michel Foucault

philosophypolitics
book
4.3
9/10DeepFeb 2024

Manufacturing Consent

Noam Chomsky & Edward S. Herman

politicseconomics
book
4.3
9/10DeepJul 2024

The Idea of Justice

Amartya Sen

philosophyeconomics
book
4.3
9/10DeepApr 2024

The Revolt of the Masses

José Ortega y Gasset

philosophypolitics
book
4.2
9/10DeepDec 2024

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

literaturephilosophy
book
4.7
9/10DeepSep 2024

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

technologyscience
podcast
4.6
9/10DeepSep 2024

The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein

politicsphilosophy
podcast
4.7
9/10DeepApr 2024

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg

historyphilosophy
podcast
4.7
9/10DeepJun 2024

Fall of Civilizations

Paul Cooper

historysociety
podcast
4.8
9/10DeepMay 2024

The Lunar Society

Dwarkesh Patel

technologyhistory
podcast
4.6
9/10DeepJun 2024

Tides of History

Patrick Wyman

historysociety
podcast
4.5
9/10DeepJul 2024

Palladium Podcast

Palladium Magazine

politicseconomics
podcast
4.2
9/10DeepApr 2024

The Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking

Long Now Foundation

philosophytechnology
podcast
4.3
9/10DeepJan 2024

Making Sense — The Moral Landscape

Sam Harris

philosophyscience
podcast
4.4
9/10DeepMay 2024

EconTalk — Nassim Taleb on Skin in the Game

Russ Roberts

economicsphilosophy
podcast
4.5
9/10DeepFeb 2024

Then & Now: Foucault's Discipline and Punish

Then & Now

philosophypolitics
video
4.4
9/10DeepMay 2024

Aeon

Aeon Media Group

philosophyscience
website
4.7
9/10DeepOct 2024

LessWrong

Community

philosophytechnology
website
4.3
9/10DeepAug 2024

n+1

n+1 Foundation

literaturepolitics
website
4.3
9/10DeepMar 2024

Lapham's Quarterly

Lewis Lapham

historyliterature
website
4.4
9/10DeepJun 2024

Palladium Magazine

Palladium

politicseconomics
website
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2024

e-flux Journal

e-flux

philosophyliterature
website
4
9/10ExtremeSep 2024

bellingcat

Bellingcat

technologypolitics
website
4.5
9/10DeepAug 2024

Astral Codex Ten

Scott Alexander

psychologyphilosophy
substack
4.5
9/10DeepMar 2024

The Intrinsic Perspective

Erik Hoel

sciencephilosophy
substack
4.3
9/10DeepJul 2024

Hands and Cities

Joe Carlsmith

philosophyai
substack
4.2
9/10ExtremeApr 2024

Palladium Magazine Newsletter

Palladium

politicseconomics
substack
4.3
9/10DeepJun 2024

bellingcat Newsletter

Bellingcat

technologypolitics
substack
4.5
9/10DeepMay 2024

Aeon Newsletter

Aeon

philosophyscience
substack
4.4
9/10DeepJan 2024

@SamHarrisOrg

Sam Harris

philosophyscience
twitter
4.3
9/10DeepJul 2024

@PeterSinger

Peter Singer

philosophypolitics
twitter
4.2
9/10DeepNov 2024

@MarthaNussbaum

Martha Nussbaum

philosophypolitics
twitter
4.2
9/10DeepSep 2024

80,000 Hours Podcast

Rob Wiblin

philosophyai
podcast
4.5
9/10DeepMar 2025

Machine Bias

Julia Angwin

technologylaw
article
4.8
9/10DeepJul 2026

The housing theory of everything

John Myers

economicspolitics
article
4.7
9/10DeepJul 2026

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

historyscience
book
4.5
8/10ModerateJan 2024

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

sciencehistory
book
4.6
8/10ModerateDec 2024

The Closing of the American Mind

Allan Bloom

philosophypolitics
book
4.1
8/10DeepMay 2024

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott

mathematicsliterature
book
4.4
8/10LiteFeb 2024

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

technologypolitics
book
4.4
8/10ModerateMay 2024

The Undiscovered Self

Carl Jung

psychologyphilosophy
book
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

philosophypsychology
podcast
4.5
8/10ModerateSep 2024

The Portal

Eric Weinstein

mathematicsscience
podcast
4.1
8/10DeepJan 2024

The Origins Podcast

Lawrence Krauss

sciencephilosophy
podcast
4.3
8/10DeepOct 2024

Within Reason

Alex O'Connor

philosophysociety
podcast
4.5
8/10ModerateJul 2024

Embrace the Void

Aaron Rabinowitz & Matthew Strupp

philosophysociety
podcast
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

Narratives

Will Jarvis

technologyphilosophy
podcast
4.2
8/10ModerateDec 2024

The Seen and the Unseen

Amit Varma

economicspolitics
podcast
4.4
8/10DeepOct 2024

Our Opinions Are Correct

Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders

scienceliterature
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Decoder Ring

Willa Paskin / Slate

historypsychology
podcast
4.4
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Against the Rules

Michael Lewis

economicspolitics
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateDec 2024

The Moral Maze

BBC Radio 4

philosophypolitics
podcast
4.3
8/10DeepSep 2024

Deep Background

Noah Feldman

politicshistory
podcast
4.2
8/10DeepJul 2024

Tom Scott: Why Electronic Voting Is a Bad Idea

Tom Scott

technologypolitics
video
4.6
8/10ModerateJul 2024

Adam Neely: Music Theory and White Supremacy

Adam Neely

historyphilosophy
video
4.4
8/10DeepDec 2024

Climate Town: How the Auto Industry Carjacked the American Dream

Rollie Williams

historypolitics
video
4.4
8/10ModerateApr 2024

The Royal Institution: Christmas Lectures

Various Scientists

sciencesociety
video
4.5
8/10ModerateJun 2024

Like Stories of Old: The Philosophy of Blade Runner 2049

Tom van der Linden

philosophyliterature
video
4.5
8/10ModerateAug 2024

ContraPoints: Envy

Natalie Wynn

philosophypolitics
video
4.5
8/10DeepAug 2024

Lindsay Ellis: Manufacturing Authenticity

Lindsay Ellis

philosophyliterature
video
4.4
8/10DeepJul 2024

Objectivity: Newton's Principia at the Royal Society

Brady Haran

historyscience
video
4.5
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Marginal Revolution

Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok

economicssociety
website
4.5
8/10ModerateApr 2024

The Pudding

The Pudding

technologypsychology
website
4.5
8/10ModerateApr 2024

The New Atlantis

EPPC

technologyphilosophy
website
4.2
8/10DeepMar 2024

Sapiens.org

Wenner-Gren Foundation

sciencehistory
website
4.4
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Public Books

Public Books

literaturepolitics
website
4.2
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Boston Review

Boston Review

politicsphilosophy
website
4.3
8/10DeepJul 2024

Los Angeles Review of Books

LARB

literaturephilosophy
website
4.3
8/10DeepFeb 2024

Explorable Explanations

Various

mathematicstechnology
website
4.5
8/10ModerateDec 2024

Ribbon Farm

Venkatesh Rao

philosophyeconomics
website
4
8/10DeepJun 2024

Jacobin

Jacobin Foundation

politicseconomics
website
4.1
8/10ModerateAug 2024

The Electric Agora

Daniel Kaufman

philosophypolitics
website
4.1
8/10DeepNov 2024

Real Life Magazine

Real Life

technologyphilosophy
website
4.2
8/10DeepJan 2024

The Markup

The Markup

technologypolitics
website
4.4
8/10DeepFeb 2024

404 Media

404 Media

technologyai
website
4.3
8/10ModerateJan 2024

Hedgehog Review

IASC / University of Virginia

philosophypolitics
website
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

Cabinet Magazine

Cabinet

literaturephilosophy
website
4.2
8/10DeepJul 2024

Engelsberg Ideas

Axel Johnson Foundation

historyphilosophy
website
4.2
8/10DeepDec 2024

Epsilon Theory

Ben Hunt

economicspolitics
website
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

The Upheaval

N.S. Lyons

politicstechnology
website
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

ProPublica

ProPublica

politicssociety
website
4.6
8/10DeepApr 2024

Slow Boring

Matthew Yglesias

politicseconomics
substack
4.2
8/10DeepSep 2024

Noahpinion

Noah Smith

economicspolitics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepApr 2024

The Honest Broker

Ted Gioia

literaturehistory
substack
4.4
8/10ModerateJan 2024

Platformer

Casey Newton

technologypolitics
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Rob Henderson

psychologypolitics
substack
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Persuasion

Yascha Mounk

politicsphilosophy
substack
4.2
8/10ModerateApr 2024

FiveThirtyEight

Various / ABC News

mathematicspolitics
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Unreasonable Doubt

John Pfaff

politicseconomics
substack
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

Richard Hanania's Newsletter

Richard Hanania

politicssociety
substack
3.9
8/10DeepAug 2024

ProPublica Newsletter

ProPublica

politicssociety
substack
4.5
8/10DeepJun 2024

404 Media Newsletter

404 Media

technologyai
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateNov 2024

@DKThomp

Derek Thompson

economicspsychology
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

@robkhenderson

Rob Henderson

psychologypolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateSep 2024

@patrickc

Patrick Collison

technologyeconomics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

@mattyglesias

Matthew Yglesias

politicseconomics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

@KatjaGrace

Katja Grace

technologyphilosophy
twitter
4.1
8/10DeepJul 2024

@JonHaidt

Jonathan Haidt

psychologypolitics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateMar 2024

@MattZeitlin

Matt Zeitlin

economicspolitics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateJul 2024

@Noahpinion

Noah Smith

economicspolitics
twitter
4.3
8/10DeepJul 2024

@SamoBurja

Samo Burja

historypolitics
twitter
4
8/10DeepSep 2024

@yanisvaroufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

economicspolitics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateMay 2024

@PikettyLeMonde

Thomas Piketty

economicshistory
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepJul 2024

@BrankoMilan

Branko Milanovic

economicspolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

@EricRWeinstein

Eric Weinstein

mathematicsscience
twitter
3.9
8/10DeepSep 2024

@ezraklein

Ezra Klein

politicsphilosophy
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateJun 2024

@TheUpheaval

N.S. Lyons

politicstechnology
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepSep 2024

@NAChristakis

Nicolas Christakis

sciencepsychology
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepMar 2024

The Coming Wave

Mustafa Suleyman

technologyai
book
4.4
8/10DeepJan 2025

Co-Intelligence

Ethan Mollick

technologyai
book
4.5
8/10ModerateFeb 2025

Atlas of AI

Kate Crawford

technologyai
book
4.2
8/10DeepMar 2025

Unmasking AI

Joy Buolamwini

technologyai
book
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2025

Eye on AI

Craig S. Smith

technologyai
podcast
4.1
8/10ModerateFeb 2025

Your Undivided Attention

Tristan Harris

technologyai
podcast
4.4
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@mustafasuleyman

Mustafa Suleyman

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@emollick

Ethan Mollick

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@jackclarkSF

Jack Clark

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@timnitGebru

Timnit Gebru

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@jovialjoy

Joy Buolamwini

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@katecrawford

Kate Crawford

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

History Today

History Today

historysociety
website
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2025

Ancient World Magazine

Ancient World Magazine

historysociety
website
4.1
8/10ModerateApr 2025

The Public Medievalist

The Public Medievalist

historysociety
website
4.2
8/10ModerateApr 2025

Origins

Ohio State University

historypolitics
website
4.3
8/10DeepApr 2025

Behavioral Scientist

Behavioral Scientist

psychologyeconomics
website
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2025

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to "The Office"

Venkatesh Rao

societypsychology
article
4.6
8/10DeepJul 2026

Factually!

Adam Conover

sciencesociety
podcast
4.2
7/10LiteJun 2024

Star Talk

Neil deGrasse Tyson

sciencesociety
podcast
4.3
7/10LiteAug 2024

The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

psychologysociety
podcast
4.4
7/10ModerateJul 2024

Wisecrack: The Philosophy of Westworld

Wisecrack

philosophytechnology
video
4.3
7/10ModerateJul 2024

Tasting History: Garum — Ancient Rome's Favorite Condiment

Max Miller

historysociety
video
4.6
7/10LiteDec 2024

Tibees: A Day in the Life of a Mathematician

Toby Hendy

mathematicssociety
video
4.3
7/10LiteMar 2024

Open Culture

Open Culture

philosophyliterature
website
4.4
7/10ModerateSep 2024

Literary Hub

Various Publishers

literaturesociety
website
4.3
7/10ModerateJul 2024

Hacker News

Y Combinator

technologysociety
website
4.3
7/10ModerateMar 2024

Kottke.org

Jason Kottke

technologyscience
website
4.4
7/10LiteJun 2024

Quillette

Claire Lehmann

sciencepolitics
website
3.9
7/10ModerateDec 2024

Wired Ideas

Wired / Condé Nast

technologysociety
website
4.2
7/10ModerateSep 2024

Daring Fireball

John Gruber

technologysociety
website
4.3
7/10ModerateOct 2024

Towards Data Science

TDS / Medium

technologymathematics
website
4.1
7/10ModerateMay 2024

The Free Press

Bari Weiss et al.

politicssociety
substack
4
7/10ModerateOct 2024

Culture Study

Anne Helen Petersen

psychologypolitics
substack
4.3
7/10ModerateNov 2024

Garbage Day

Ryan Broderick

technologysociety
substack
4.3
7/10LiteFeb 2024

The Bulwark

Various

politicssociety
substack
4
7/10ModerateMay 2024

Big Technology

Alex Kantrowitz

technologypolitics
substack
4.2
7/10ModerateJul 2024

Normcore Tech

Vicki Boykis

technologysociety
substack
4.2
7/10ModerateMay 2024

The Pull Request

Antonio García Martínez

technologysociety
substack
4
7/10ModerateAug 2024

Defector

Defector Staff

literaturesociety
substack
4.3
7/10ModerateMar 2024

O'Reilly Radar

O'Reilly Media

technologysociety
substack
4.1
7/10ModerateJan 2024

The Atlantic Daily

The Atlantic

politicsliterature
substack
4.2
7/10ModerateDec 2024

The Ringer

The Ringer

literaturesociety
substack
4.2
7/10LiteJun 2024

Wired Newsletter

Wired

technologysociety
substack
4.1
7/10ModerateSep 2024

@Jason

Jason Calacanis

technologyeconomics
twitter
4
7/10LiteMar 2024

@AcademicsSay

Shit Academics Say

philosophysociety
twitter
4.3
7/10LiteMar 2024

@danpfeiffer

Dan Pfeiffer

politicssociety
twitter
4
7/10LiteSep 2024

AI 2041: Ten Visions for the Future

Kai-Fu Lee

technologyai
book
4.1
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Hard Fork

Kevin Roose

technologyai
podcast
4.4
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Decoder

Nilay Patel

technologyai
podcast
4.2
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AI Supremacy

Michael Spencer

technologyai
substack
4
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History Extra

BBC History

historysociety
website
4.2
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Kyla's Newsletter

Kyla Scanlon

economicssociety
substack
4.2
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@kylascan

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economicssociety
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