Scott Robinson
Oxytocin, Open-Loop
Many tens of thousands of years ago, everybody slept together. I know how that sounds, but I’m speaking literally: in our migratory...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min
The Survival Value of Authenticity
Neuroscientist Sam Harris has recently expressed, in interviews and in his book Lying, that deceit is a toxic behavior no matter the...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20203 min
Corona Hell
We thought we knew what crazy looked like before. Since the COVID-19 lockdown, we’ve seen crazy go to a whole new place. We’ve seen food...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20204 min
In God We Trust
For most of the time human beings have existed, we did just fine without religion. It’s a pretty recent invention, as cultural...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20208 min
After the Fire
An essay by Mackenzie Lynne Brock Citizenship II, 4th Hour Beshear Middle School, 4/22/2076 In times of comfort and prosperity it is...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20202 min
Followers
We are a world of followers. A few leaders are among us, to be sure, but necessarily they are the exception; we are the norm. We who...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20202 min
Nincompoop
It’s not because he’s a bully, pushing and shoving his way through every contact, every relationship, every event in which he finds...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20206 min
The Egg and the Cream in the Pie
Science writer John Horgan, in pursuit of stories for his collection Mind-Body Problems: Science, Subjectivity & Who We Really Are,...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20201 min
Frozen Robot Daddy
So my daughter Josie says, “Daddy, when you die – which isn’t all that far off – I can’t decide whether to have you frozen or download...
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Scott Robinson
May 28, 20204 min
Picard’s Federation, dissipative adaptation, and Paleolithic abundance
“Societies entertain such morals as they can afford.” That’s not an exact quote, and for the life of me I can’t remember if it’s Heinlein...
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