Marginally Compelling

FEMA Is Not Screwing Blue States

It is a red flag whenever any complex data is reduced to "red vs blue"

Mar 31 • polimath

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We're Going To Need Humans More

We will find that the more AI streamlines our workflow, the more we will need other humans for advice, guidance, and grounding.

Mar 25 • polimath

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February 2026

Trust Networks Are the Antidote to AI Hype

A review of what the hell is going on in the AI news deluge and the importance of finding people we trust to ground our expectations and thinking.

Feb 26 • polimath

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Remember The Silence

To sit at the bedside of the dying is a profound and sacred thing. It's a great evil that we denied this to so many people.

Feb 5 • polimath

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Podcast: The Dignity of Dependence with Leah Libresco Sargeant

Matt and Leah discuss her recent book "The Dignity of Dependence" and how dependence and action of care are core to the human experience

Feb 2 • polimath

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January 2026

We Don't Believe You

The practice of using extrapolation as a substitute for evidence leads us ever further from the truth

Jan 28 • polimath

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December 2025

A 2025 Reading List For Unfocused Esoterics

It’s been a fairly insane year for me involving unemployment, deaths in the family, and what seems to be one crisis after another.

Dec 18, 2025 • polimath

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Agents

In which a technologist hands Grok his years of communication to help make sense of relationships in chaos

Dec 10, 2025 • polimath

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Inside the Minnesota Benefits Fraud Scandal

I talk with Ann Bauer about her investigation of and view inside Minnesota Benefits Fraud Scandal

Dec 8, 2025 • polimath

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November 2025

Honor and Duty Aren't Toys

Democrats call the "Refuse Illegal Orders" is an irresponsible and cynical attempt to leverage the virtue of enlisted men and women for partisan gain.

Nov 28, 2025 • polimath

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Canada Is Losing The War On Measles

Canada losing their elimination status for measles is a nerve-wracking reminder of the fragility of modern civilization

Nov 22, 2025 • polimath

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Never Discount Yourself

You are not replacable

Nov 16, 2025 • polimath

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