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Vishal Prasad
Vishal Prasad, Vishal's Blog

Latest: Vibethinking as Bullshit

Jenn
Jenn, Jenneral HQ

Latest: The funding conversation we left unfinished

Claire Wang
Claire Wang, Bright Distance

Latest: Apricity

Ben Goldhaber
Ben Goldhaber, Gold Takes

Latest: Links for December 2025

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Inkhaven Day 30

November 29, 2025, by Vishal Prasad

Unambitious (v3)

Note: Final version.

November 16, 2025, by Vishal Prasad

Unambitious (v3)

Delegating while sitting in my seat of authority as the matriarch

A school-lunch case study

November 16, 2025, by Joanna Bregan

Delegating while sitting in my seat of authority as the matriarch

The 10 Principles of Slack Maximalism

As applied at Inkhaven

November 6, 2025, by Lucie Philippon

The 10 Principles of Slack Maximalism

The Spectre

The whole house woke up at 3 a.m.

November 5, 2025, by Kave Rennedy

The Spectre

How to Write Fast, Weird, and Well

Day 1 of Inkhaven: Core principles for prolific, surprising, and impactful writing

November 1, 2025, by Linch Zhang

How to Write Fast, Weird, and Well

Inkhaven 2

November 30, 2025, by Vaniver

My Short, Sweet, Sexy Side Gig

His name is not Joe

November 22, 2025, by Eneasz Brodski

My Short, Sweet, Sexy Side Gig

The psychology of clickbait

How creators weaponize curiosity (for good or for ill)

November 21, 2025, by Justin Kuiper

The psychology of clickbait

Forum poweruser forum

November 21, 2025, by Tsvi Benson-Tilsen

Why does everyone want to raise kids with their friends in a group house but no one does it?

After 5 years living with my housemates, I had a baby.

November 20, 2025, by Joanna Bregan

Why does everyone want to raise kids with their friends in a group house but no one does it?

Pics and It Still Probably Didn’t Happen.

Or The Case For Epistemic Nihilism Regarding Sensory Inputs.

November 20, 2025, by Justin Miller

Pics and It Still Probably Didn’t Happen.

You Come at the King, You Best Not Miss

AI Super PACs, Alex Bores & the Future of AI Policy.

November 18, 2025, by Justin Miller

You Come at the King, You Best Not Miss

The time Weird Al Yankovic went too far

Is this 1999 song literally breaking the law? Let's investigate!

November 16, 2025, by Justin Kuiper

The time Weird Al Yankovic went too far

Philosophy-shaped mind shards

As I’m driving from my parents’ house to my apartment late at night, I start having a panic attack because I’m afraid of the anthropic principle. Philosophy is not driving me to madness. Instead, I…

November 14, 2025, by A.G.G. Liu

Philosophy-shaped mind shards

Falling Towards Equilibrium

History 101: The World Is Never, Ever, Ever Static.

November 12, 2025, by William Friedman

Falling Towards Equilibrium

France is ready to stand alone

To preserve its sovereignty, France is investing into its AI independence.

November 10, 2025, by Lucie Philippon

France is ready to stand alone

The K-values of Speculative Kinship

we’ll share descendants

November 9, 2025, by Lydia Nottingham

The K-values of Speculative Kinship

fertility crisis

November 8, 2025, by Jenn

Four Heresies

Granite, Stepping, Caesar, Hacker

November 8, 2025, by Kave Rennedy

Four Heresies

Unexpected Things that are People

panlegal expressions of personhood

November 7, 2025, by Ben Goldhaber

Unexpected Things that are People

People should be smaller

This is my post for day 5 of the Inkhaven writing retreat. Epistemic status; spit-balling some stuff but confident in the overall concept. Literally, physically, smaller. I don’t mean “…

November 5, 2025, by Alex Altair

Why Is There Not A Single Planetary Super-State?

History 101: The Size and Shape Of Nations

November 5, 2025, by William Friedman

Why Is There Not A Single Planetary Super-State?

"You're not sick enough for this medicine."

When you only need A Little Dakka

November 2, 2025, by Amanda Luce

"You're not sick enough for this medicine."

The Sublime Luxury of Saying No

Why AI accelerationists are winning the policy debate and what the safety movement can do about it

November 2, 2025, by Justin Miller

The Sublime Luxury of Saying No

Leaving San-Francisco

November 30, 2025, by Mikhail Samin

My month-long sleep intervention experiment

November 29, 2025, by Daniel Paleka

Unbundle Congress

A proposal for reform

November 25, 2025, by Vaniver

Unbundle Congress

Evolution & Freedom

November 25, 2025, by Abram Demski

Soon, multiple children will acausally extort me

Cursed to be boring!

November 24, 2025, by Croissanthology

Soon, multiple children will acausally extort me

Fiction: A leap of logic

The cell is spotless, as always. I watch the fluorescent light flicker on as the cloying, synthetic voice makes its usual morning announcement over the loudspeaker. I ignore it – anyone would know …

November 23, 2025, by A.G.G. Liu

Fiction: A leap of logic

Do I not care about the shrimps?

After two years of being vegan, I'm still not sure if I care.

November 22, 2025, by Lucie Philippon

Do I not care about the shrimps?

Where I Am Donating in 2025

November 22, 2025, by Michael Dickens

Leap Anyway, part 1

Starting Over - Friends

November 20, 2025, by Eneasz Brodski

Leap Anyway, part 1

We won't solve non-alignment problems by doing research

November 20, 2025, by Michael Dickens

Infinitesimally False

November 20, 2025, by Abram Demski

Infinitesimally False

You Should Oppose Things

and support things too

November 19, 2025, by Sean Carter

You Should Oppose Things

The Bughouse Effect

November 19, 2025, by Tsvi Benson-Tilsen

The Bughouse Effect

Universities are Venture Capital for Prestige

Collisteru (another Inkhaven resident) recently published a post on admissions to elite schools. His main argument is that good students who are not absolutely exceptional need to avoid “wasting ti…

November 18, 2025, by A.G.G. Liu

Universities are Venture Capital for Prestige

Why milk costs $9/gallon in Hawaii

A 1920 law is to blame

November 18, 2025, by Justin Kuiper

Why milk costs $9/gallon in Hawaii

GLP-1s Add Satiety; they don't Suppress Appetite

Contra Eurydice on GLP-1s

November 17, 2025, by Amanda Luce

GLP-1s Add Satiety; they don't Suppress Appetite

Soul-Whore

fiction, timed challenge

November 17, 2025, by Eneasz Brodski

On Elite College Admissions

The Great Game

November 17, 2025, by Sean Carter

On Elite College Admissions

The Selfless Driving Car

November 16, 2025, by Angadh Nanjangud

My Ethical Conundrum Around Writing About Meditation (16/30)

I'm writing 30 posts in 30 days at Inkhaven. This is number 16.

November 16, 2025, by Sasha Putilin

My Ethical Conundrum Around Writing About Meditation (16/30)

7 Vicious Vices of Rationalists

November 15, 2025, by Ben Pace

Wise AI Advisors at the Hinge of History

Coordinating through Shared Truth

November 14, 2025, by Ben Goldhaber

Wise AI Advisors at the Hinge of History

Would you even cooperate with yourself

There’s an annoying trope in fiction of people cloning themselves—that is, producing perfect same-memory duplicates—and then the clones immediately turning on “the original” like it’s the natural course of things.

November 14, 2025, by Croissanthology

Would you even cooperate with yourself

‘Contra’ Linch, Bentham’s Bulldog, and Everyone Else on Continental Philosophy

Don't worry, it's not spicy.

November 13, 2025, by Camille Berger

‘Contra’ Linch, Bentham’s Bulldog, and Everyone Else on Continental Philosophy

Is Polyamory a Luxury Belief?

No.

November 12, 2025, by Amanda Luce

Is Polyamory a Luxury Belief?

Shadow Cabinet

Post for the job you want, not the job you have

November 12, 2025, by Vaniver

Shadow Cabinet

Risk Of Great Power Conflict

November 11, 2025, by Hauke Hillebrandt

Aging Has No Root Cause

My most original Inkhaven post to date

November 11, 2025, by Linch Zhang

Aging Has No Root Cause

5 Things I Learned After 10 Days of Inkhaven

November 11, 2025, by Ben Pace

5 Things I Learned After 10 Days of Inkhaven

Zoomer Women Want Kids

An answer to a question of great importance

November 10, 2025, by Sean Carter

Zoomer Women Want Kids

A Toast to Love

love is not a game

November 9, 2025, by Ben Goldhaber

A Toast to Love

The two types of LLM preferences

November 9, 2025, by Daniel Paleka

What's going on in the world? What's gonna happen?

November 9, 2025, by Hauke Hillebrandt

AI prisons

November 9, 2025, by Mikhail Samin

Control is a Drug (9/30)

I'm writing 30 posts in 30 days at Inkhaven. This is number 9.

November 9, 2025, by Sasha Putilin

Control is a Drug (9/30)

Condensation

November 9, 2025, by Abram Demski

Huxley says Education is a Technology

November 8, 2025, by Angadh Nanjangud

Lessons from nine years of relationship therapy

I’ve done 5 different kinds of relationship therapy with my husband over the last 9 years or so.

November 8, 2025, by Joanna Bregan

Lessons from nine years of relationship therapy

I write so you can make use of my mental models

This is my post for day 6 of the Inkhaven writing retreat. I think a lot about models. Mental models. The world is too big and complicated for us to memorize everything we experience, and it would …

November 6, 2025, by Alex Altair

A Love Song to Nicotine (6/30)

30 posts in 30 days challenge. This is number 6, about sublingual nicotine as a cognitive enhancer

November 6, 2025, by Sasha Putilin

A Love Song to Nicotine (6/30)

The Bitter Lesson Six Years On

Five examples of the Bitter Lesson in practice

November 5, 2025, by Lydia Nottingham

The Bitter Lesson Six Years On

The best AI tools will become far more expensive

November 4, 2025, by Daniel Paleka

A prayer for engaging in conflict

November 4, 2025, by Tsvi Benson-Tilsen

All True Wealth Is Biological, Part One

History 101: Everything Is Caused By... Agricultural Productivity

November 3, 2025, by William Friedman

All True Wealth Is Biological, Part One

Lines of Advance

About a year ago, I was walking along the street in Berkeley and I passed two women who were looking at a phone together.

November 3, 2025, by Kave Rennedy

Lines of Advance

Casual Archiving

November 2, 2025, by Croissanthology

How to Win Board Games

Day 2 of Inkhaven: A surprisingly simple guide for winning a disparate variety of games, at least against other novices

November 2, 2025, by Linch Zhang

How to Win Board Games

Lit Review: Stated vs. Revealed Preferences in LMs

& what's next for the subfield

November 2, 2025, by Lydia Nottingham

Lit Review: Stated vs. Revealed Preferences in LMs

How and why you should make your home smart

It's cheap and secure!

November 2, 2025, by Mikhail Samin

How and why you should make your home smart

Britizenship and the Cheeky Pint

November 1, 2025, by Angadh Nanjangud