A study of the total human condition. I examine ideas from science, literature, technology, politics, and more. Most posts will consist of book reviews or short essays.

Musings on psychology, philosophy, mythology, and culture.

The P is silent, as in pshrimp or pseudonym.

Whether food, drugs or ideas, what you consume influences who you become. Learn directly from the best scientists & thinkers about how your mind-body reacts to what it's fed. New content weekly. Not medical advice.

Philosophy, politics, and culture

Narration of fiction and non fiction through ElevenLabs

Conversations on population genetics, evolution, history, books, and culture

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Reality is narrative and our only job is to make it beautiful.

Deeply researched interviews

Publishing independent research and curating the best science writing from across the blogosphere.

The greatest unexplored frontier in human health and disease: the gut microbiome

Long form writing, short form video, and podcasts on philosophy, history, spirituality and AI.

Stories, essays and news from across lesser known archaeology, anthropology, history and biology

happy the dumb beast, wretched the mortal

A theoretical physicist’s contemplations on Beauty in a world of computation.

education/mental health/social science

A monthly collaborative 'journal' dedicated to discussing and exploring how evolutionary science can inform our understanding of psychiatry. We welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplines so please get in touch!