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AI Article ReadingsThe Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal - By Tracing WoodgrainsAI reading of The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal - By Tracing Woodgrains.https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-story-of-the-faas-hiring?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-0436 min
AI Article ReadingsBook Review: The Color of Law - By TracingWoodgrainsAI reading of Book Review: The Color of Law - By TracingWoodgrains.https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/book-review-the-color-of-law?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-2029 min
AI Article ReadingsThe Center Must Rise - By TracingWoodgrainsAI reading of The Center Must Rise - By TracingWoodgrains.https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-center-must-rise?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-1912 min
The Bayesian Conspiracy219 – On Excellence, with Tracing WoodgrainsInspired by Trace’s speech about excellence at VibeCamp 3, Eneasz and Steven speak to Tracing Woodgrains about Excellence and its various aspects
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...2024-08-211h 22The Bayesian Conspiracy219 – On Excellence, with Tracing WoodgrainsInspired by Trace’s speech about excellence at VibeCamp 3, Eneasz and Steven speak to Tracing Woodgrains about Excellence and its various aspects LINKS Trace’s SubStack Trace’s Twitter Wes on TracingWoodgrains as the Nietzschean Superman Gymnastics Then vs Now video Evolution … Continue reading →2024-08-211h 22
The Bayesian Conspiracy219 – On Excellence, with Tracing WoodgrainsInspired by Trace’s speech about excellence at VibeCamp 3, Eneasz and Steven speak to Tracing Woodgrains about Excellence and its various aspects LINKS Trace’s SubStack Trace’s Twitter Wes on TracingWoodgrains as the Nietzschean Superman Gymnastics Then vs Now video Evolution … Continue reading →2024-08-211h 22
EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrains This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes. Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this...2024-07-111h 30EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrains This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes. Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this...2024-07-111h 30EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrains This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes. Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this...2024-07-111h 30
LessWrong (Curated & Popular)“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrainsThis is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes.Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this story...2024-07-111h 22LessWrong (Curated & Popular)“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrainsThis is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes.Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this story...2024-07-111h 22LessWrong (Curated & Popular)“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrainsThis is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes.Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this story...2024-07-111h 21
AI Article ReadingsReliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record - By TracingWoodgrainsAI Narration of Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record.If, and only if, you find this useful over and above the original article, consider supporting the creation by subscribing.Alternatively, if this one post was worthwhile, consider a tip! https://ko-fi.com/askwhocastsai This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe2024-07-101h 48
Subversive w/Alex KaschutaTrace Woodgrains - The burden and delight of carving your own pathThis is the first part of our conversation. The full episode and the complete archive of Subversive episodes, including exclusive episodes and my writing, are available on Substack.
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We discuss Trace’s evolution from Mormonism to his current spiritual beliefs, his mission trip, and the struggle to find a personal spiritual answer. We also ch...2024-05-081h 16
AI Article ReadingsSocial justice progressivism - By TracingWoodgrainsAn AI reading of a long tweet on social justice progressivism - By TracingWoodgrains.https://twitter.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1718019769872392550 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe2024-05-0108 min
The Bailey PodcastE036: White RightListen on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, and RSS.In this episode, we talk about white nationalism. Participants: Yassine, Walt Bismarck, TracingWoodgrains.Links:Why I'm no longer a White Nationalist (The Walt Right)The Virulently Unapologetic Racism of "Anti-Racism" (Yassine Meskhout)Hajnal Line (Wikipedia)Fall In Line Parody Song (Walt Bismarck) Richard Spencer’s post-Charlottesville tirade (Twitter)The Metapolitics of Black-White Conflict (The Walt Right)America Has Black Nationalism, Not Balkanization (Richard Hanania)Recorded 2024-04-1...2024-04-151h 58
The Hanania ShowA Mememaker's JourneyThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comWalt Bismarck (follow on X) became internet famous in 2015 for his Disney parody videos in support of Alt Right ideas and causes. Recently, he remerged on a new Substack called Alt Right 2.0, where he writes about how his political views have changed and the kind of movement he’d like to help build in the future. I found two essays he wrote, “Why I’m No Longer a White Nationalist” and “How the Alt Right Won,” to be particularly entertaining and insightful...2024-03-2711 min
The Hanania ShowTowards a Gay Ex-Mormon Furry CentrismThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comTracingWoodgrains is someone I’ve gotten to know over X and through his Substack. He’s currently a law student and works as a producer for the hilarious Blocked and Reported podcast, which I recommend everyone subscribe to. I’ve found “Trace,” as everyone calls him, to be one of the most interesting new thinkers to emerge over the last several years. He spent six years in the Air Force where he worked as a Chinese linguist, and grew up Mormon...2024-03-1414 min
The Hanania ShowPermanent Democratic Majority?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comI discuss the Republican primary in New Hampshire last night, widely considered to have been for most practical purposes the end of the campaign. Last week, I talked about Bullying Grandma Syndrome, which explains why Trump has and continues to dominate the Republican Party. Haley’s relatively strong performance with Democrats and Independents last night brings to mind another dynamic, which is how the current Republican Party relates to the wider electorate. Many people aren’t content to get bull...2024-01-2413 minEA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Effective Aspersions: How the Nonlinear Investigation Went Wrong” by TracingWoodgrains The New York Times Picture a scene: the New York Times is releasing an article on Effective Altruism (EA) with an express goal to dig up every piece of negative information they can find. They contact Émile Torres, David Gerard, and Timnit Gebru, collect evidence about Sam Bankman-Fried, the OpenAI board blowup, and Pasek's Doom, start calling Astral Codex Ten (ACX) readers to ask them about rumors they'd heard about affinity between Effective Altruists, neoreactionaries, and something called TESCREAL. They spend hundreds of hours over six months on interviews and evidence collection, paying Émile and Timnit for th...2023-12-1954 minEA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Effective Aspersions: How the Nonlinear Investigation Went Wrong” by TracingWoodgrains The New York Times Picture a scene: the New York Times is releasing an article on Effective Altruism (EA) with an express goal to dig up every piece of negative information they can find. They contact Émile Torres, David Gerard, and Timnit Gebru, collect evidence about Sam Bankman-Fried, the OpenAI board blowup, and Pasek's Doom, start calling Astral Codex Ten (ACX) readers to ask them about rumors they'd heard about affinity between Effective Altruists, neoreactionaries, and something called TESCREAL. They spend hundreds of hours over six months on interviews and evidence collection, paying Émile and Timnit for th...2023-12-1954 minEA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Effective Aspersions: How the Nonlinear Investigation Went Wrong” by TracingWoodgrains The New York Times Picture a scene: the New York Times is releasing an article on Effective Altruism (EA) with an express goal to dig up every piece of negative information they can find. They contact Émile Torres, David Gerard, and Timnit Gebru, collect evidence about Sam Bankman-Fried, the OpenAI board blowup, and Pasek's Doom, start calling Astral Codex Ten (ACX) readers to ask them about rumors they'd heard about affinity between Effective Altruists, neoreactionaries, and something called TESCREAL. They spend hundreds of hours over six months on interviews and evidence collection, paying Émile and Timnit for th...2023-12-1954 min
The Bailey PodcastE031: We Say GayIn this episode, we discuss gayness.Participants: Yassine, TracingWoodgrains, Sultan, Shakesneer.Links:Ezra Klein Interviews Dan Savage (New York Times)Stonewall: A Butch Too Far (An Historian Goes to the Movies)Mattachine Society (Wikipedia)3 Differences Between the Terms ‘Gay’ and ‘Queer’ (Everyday Feminism)Exploring HIV Transmission Rates (Healthline)Boys Beware (PBS)Recorded 2023-02-02 | Uploaded 2023-02-28 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit th...2023-02-281h 33
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 102: Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Keep On TruckingJesse has another crazy travel story, this one from a wild night out in Santa Barbara. Then he tells Katie about a recent controversy at the /r/antiwork subreddit, and Katie tells him about the Canadian Freedom And/Or Nazi Truckers. Also, the podcast is looking for a professional cowboy/girl/person. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Great rundown from Trace: https://tracingwoodgrains.medium.com/r-antiwork-a-tragedy-of-sanewashing-and-social-gentrification-56298af1c1a7The subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/antiworkFAQ: https://web.archive.org/web/20220131104428/https...2022-02-141h 01
Embrace The VoidEV - 229 Tracking in Schools with TracingWoodgrainsMy guest this week is TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) editorial assistant for the podcast blocked and reported and an online writer who focuses on education and cultural issues.Tracking article: https://web.archive.org/web/20200102171922/http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/09/04/acc-entry-does-the-education-system-adequately-serve-advanced-students/Convocation: Kristen OlsonMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Recent Appearances: I was on Beyond Atheism...2022-02-111h 04
Embrace The VoidEV - 228 Philosophers on Consciousness with Jack SymesMy guest this week is Jack Symes (@_JackSymes), cohost of the Panpsycast podcast and editor of the new book in the talking about philosophy series, entitled Philosophers on Consciousness. We discuss his new book and the competing views on consciousness presented in the book.Philosophers on Consciousness: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophers-Consciousness-Talking-about-Philosophy/dp/1350190411/ref=asc_df_1350190411/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=532655309268&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9709633510350875215&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003469&hvtargid=pla-1463149919210&psc=1Panpsycast: https://thepanpsycast.com/Convocation: Terence McKennaMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod...2022-02-061h 00
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 82: Dear Prudence, Help! I Can't Stop Pretending To Be A Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter OnlineThe Prudie fakester: https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-alongHelp! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American Grandmothers To Attend Sex Resorts: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/dear-prudence-daughter-girlfriend-armed-robbery-murder.html Help! My Husband and I Can’t Agree On What To Name the Baby We Might Get!: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/11/having-sex-with-nephew-advice.html My Daughter Is Pretending to Be Demonically Possessed… and I Can’t Take It Anymore!: https://slate.com/podcasts/dear-prudence/2020/07/is-it-weird-to-love-giving-gifts-all-the-time-dear-prudence-podcast Previous BARPod coverage of Prudie: https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/71The Goose Post: https://w...2021-09-1857 min
The Bailey PodcastE021: Student Loan JubileeIn this episode, we discuss student loan forgiveness.Participants: Yassine, TracingWoodgrains, Pete C.Links:Student Debt Forgiveness: Let’s Do Some Math (Current Affairs)Why Biden Should Forgive Student-Loan Debt (The Atlantic)Forgiving Student Debt Would Boost Economy (NPR)Why Is College in America So Expensive? (The Atlantic)Wall Street’s answer to the student-debt crisis (Harper’s)Recorded 2020-12-04 | Uploaded 2020-12-20 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebaileypodcast.substack.com2020-12-201h 28
The Bailey PodcastE019: From Homer to The SimpsonsIn this episode, we discuss the canon!Participants: Yassine, Interversity, greatjasoni, KulakRevolt, TracingWoodgrainsLinks:Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University)The Tyranny of Pop Music (Roger Scruton)The Paradoxes of Christianity (Gilbert K. Chesterton)Why Is Art Expensive? (Priceonomics)Recorded 2020-11-07 | Uploaded 2020-11-22 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebaileypodcast.substack.com2020-11-221h 34
The Bailey PodcastE016: The Banality of CatgirlsIn this episode, we discuss super stimuli.Participants: Yassine, KulakRevolt, Greatjasoni, SayingAndUnsaying, TracingWoodgrainsLinks:Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. - "Supernormal Stimuli" - TAM 2012 (YouTube)Supernormal stimulus (Wikipedia)The Surprising Psychology Of OnlyFans Simps (YouTube)Supernormal Stimuli Reptile Brain (Stuart McMillen)Does Too Much Pornography Numb Us to Sexual Pleasure? (Aeon)America’s First Addiction Epidemic (Long Reads)On information fasting fasting (SayingAndUnsaying)Parable of the Woodcarver (TracingWoodgrains)Recorded 2020-10-05 | Uploaded 2020-10-10 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this wi...2020-10-112h 01
The Bailey PodcastE015: This Ain't Your Grandaddy's MonarchyIn this episode, we discuss Neoreaction.Participants: Yassine, KulakRevolt, Greatjasoni, Marlowe, TracingWoodgrainsLinks:Reactionary Philosophy In An Enormous, Planet-Sized Nutshell (SSC)The Anti-Reactionary FAQ (SSC)Neoreaction Summary (TracingWoodgrains)The Deep State vs. The Deep Right (Curtis Yarvin)Neoreaction Excerpts (greatjasoni)Why I am Not a Libertarian (Mencius Moldbug)Recorded 2020-09-03 | Uploaded 2020-09-13 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebaileypodcast.substack.com2020-09-132h 09
The Bailey PodcastE014: School's out for SummerIn this episode, we discuss schooling.Participants: Yassine, KulakRevolt, Master-Thief, Neophos, TracingWoodgrainsLinks:The K-12 Implosion (YouTube)RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms (YouTube)Lazy Rivers and Student Debt (Inside Higher Ed)Mastery Learning (Wikipedia)The Problem We All Live With (This American Life)A Textbook Example of What's Wrong with Education (Edutopia)Homeschooling Pods Tweet (Twitter)How Micro-School Networks Expand Learning Options (FEE)Does The Education System Adequately Serve Advanced Students? (SlateStarCodex)Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (Wikipedia)Recorded 2020-07-20 | Uploaded 2020-07-29 ...2020-07-291h 13
Slate Star Codex Podcast[ACC Entry] Does the Education System Adequately Serve Advanced Students?[This is an entry to the Adversarial Collaboration Contest by TracingWoodgrains and Michael Pershan (a k-12 math teacher), on advanced students in the education system]
“What do America’s brightest students hear? Every year, across the nation, students who should be moved ahead at their natural pace of learning are told to stay put.2018-09-061h 02
Astral Codex Ten Podcast[ACC Entry] Does the Education System Adequately Serve Advanced Students?[This is an entry to the Adversarial Collaboration Contest by TracingWoodgrains and Michael Pershan (a k-12 math teacher), on advanced students in the education system] “What do America’s brightest students hear? Every year, across the nation, students who should be moved ahead at their natural pace of learning are told to stay put. Thousands of students are told to lower their expectations, and put their dreams on hold. Whatever they want to do, their teachers say, it can wait.” – A Nation Deceived, p.3 “There is an apparent preference among donors for studying the needs and supporting...2018-09-061h 02Astral Codex Ten PodcastThis Week: Adversarial Collaboration EntriesThis week I’ll be presenting entries from the adversarial collaboration contest. Remember, an adversarial collaboration is where two people with opposite views on a controversial issue work together to present a unified summary of the evidence and its implications. In theory it’s a good way to make sure you hear the strongest arguments and counterarguments for both sides – like hearing a debate between experts, except all the debate and rhetoric and disagreement have already been done by the time you start reading, so you’re just left with the end result. A few months a...2018-09-0403 min