What are your favorite 'deep thinking' blogs, websites, and resources?
March 27, 2014 3:22 PM   Subscribe

What are your favorite 'deep thinking' blogs, websites, and resources? e.g. Less Wrong (on rationality), Farnam Street (learning from what others have already figured out), Raptitude (on getting better at being human), Ribbonfarm (experiments in refactored perception), Cal Newport (study/learning techniques), etc.

These blogs talk about all manner of things, from Less Wrong's posts and sequences[0] on truth, beliefs, and rationality; Venkatesh Rao's ideas on legibility and business on Ribbonfarm[1]; Shane Parrish's ideas on mental models on Farnam Street. but what ties them together are that they are all talking about thinking and thinking deeply. What other sites do you enjoy in this category?

[0] http://lesswrong.com/sequences/
[1] http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-called-legibility/
[2] http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/mental-models/
posted by markbao to Religion & Philosophy (9 answers total) 121 users marked this as a favorite
 
The Volokh Conspiracy. Great discussions of law and public policy.

Now hosted by The Washington Post, but hey, nobody's perfect.
posted by sevensnowflakes at 3:30 PM on March 27, 2014


Crooked Timber. I freely admit I have a hard time keeping up with it sometimes.
posted by adamrice at 3:38 PM on March 27, 2014 [2 favorites]


BLDGBLOG: arhitecture, urban design, what you might call philosophical geography, I guess
posted by thelonius at 4:00 PM on March 27, 2014 [3 favorites]


I'm enjoying The Philosopher's Mail.
posted by kmennie at 4:35 PM on March 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


Thought Infection - Economics and futurism

Bret Victor - Especially his talks on responsive programming environments

Becker-Posner Blog : two legal minds write essays on social issues
posted by spatula at 4:39 PM on March 27, 2014


Krugman's blog.

Sean Carroll's blog.
posted by professor plum with a rope at 2:37 AM on March 28, 2014


i like:

On economics etc.
Marginal Revolution
Felix Salmon
Krugman (already mentioned earlier)

Technology:
O'Reilly Radar

On life and politics
Andrew Sullivan (even though he can be quite gullible at times)

PS Not to hijack this thread - but I am trying to identify a great blog to follow on 1) astronomy/cosmology and 2) neoroscience. Would be great if anyone reading this thread has any pointer
posted by justlooking at 10:00 AM on March 28, 2014


Interfluidity is a great econ/finance blog that digs in pretty deep.
posted by ropeladder at 3:40 PM on March 28, 2014


Mencius Moldbug
posted by laptolain at 6:23 PM on March 28, 2014


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