Archive - Griffin Knight

On Alternative Media

Overconfidence and confirmation bias are a nasty combo

Feb 6 •

January 2025

Dostoyevsky, utilitarianism, and BART

Musings on Crime and Punishment

Jan 4 •

December 2024

The Best Things I Read in 2024

Each year, I like to reflect on the most profound books and essays I read over the last twelve months.

Dec 2, 2024 •

November 2024

Voting to Send a Message

How do people decide on what to vote for?

Nov 5, 2024 •

October 2024

Book Review: Gödel, Escher, Bach

Everyone's favorite book they've never read.

Oct 2, 2024 •

January 2024

About Money: Lapham's Quarterly Highlights

Curating histories greatest minds as it relates to money

Jan 30, 2024 •

November 2023

Book Review: A People's Tragedy

A comprehensive summary of the Russian Revolution

Nov 14, 2023 •

September 2023

World War II Tidbits

How Hitler tricked Stalin and let ideology lose the war

Sep 18, 2023 •

August 2023

The Iron Chancellor

Otto von Bismarck and the country he created

Aug 21, 2023 •

July 2023

Why the US is a superpower

The secret to US exceptionalism is likely random

Jul 27, 2023 •

Notes on Istanbul

A Tale of Four Cities

Jul 12, 2023 •

June 2023

Context Completeness

A better way to evaluate information sources

Jun 7, 2023 •

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