Archive - Second Best

Do LLMs really reason?

a Hegelian perspective

Jun 10 •

Hegel and the AI Mind

Reconstructing Hegel's Logic and Idealism through the lens of computer science

Jun 5 •

April 2025

Oren Cass’s Labor Theory of Value

Revisiting The Once and Future Worker

Apr 29 •

The Strategy Behind the Stupidity

Unpacking the origins of Trump's disastrous tariff plan

Apr 7 •

January 2025

we do a little government efficiency

Jan 25 •

November 2024

Voting as a collective action problem

If you thought herding cats was hard, try herding libertarians

Nov 5, 2024 •

September 2024

Deflationary Liberalism

Social contract theory from the bottom-up

Sep 27, 2024 •

Disembedded Liberalism

"Neoliberalism" as globalized technocracy

Sep 20, 2024 •

August 2024

What "neoliberalism" isn't

The first in a series

Aug 25, 2024 •

The EA case for Trump 2024

Counting up the utils

Aug 2, 2024 •

July 2024

In defense of weird

Jul 30, 2024 •

May 2024

Ninety-five theses on AI

In no particular order

May 7, 2024 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts