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Against Tit-for-Tat as a Heuristic
This is probably obvious to some of you, but flawed humans like me need reminding
Nov 21, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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October 2024
Against Open Borders: Building America's Human Capital Portfolio
The US immigration system has almost everything entirely backwards.
Oct 6, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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September 2024
Morality as Trust at Every Scale - Part 1
Morality often involves the tension between different conceptions of rational self-interest.
Sep 25, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Hostage Negotiations as Zero Sum Games with Negative Expected Value
A public choice analysis with case studies from Israel and India
Sep 9, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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August 2024
Liquid vs. Illiquid Careers
Note: This is the first post in a series of posts about career liquidity.
Aug 3, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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July 2024
Adverse Selection by Life-Saving Charities
GiveWell, and the EA community at large, often emphasize the "cost of saving a life" as a key metric, $5,000 being the most commonly cited…
Jul 10, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Adverse Selection by Life-Saving Charities
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June 2024
Selling Power, Not Buying Safety: America's Foreign Policy Vibe
Why was Chamberlain's policy of appeasement towards Hitler a bad idea?
Jun 23, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Selling Power, Not Buying Safety: America's Foreign Policy Vibe
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Male Psychology and the Fear of Humiliation
Why men might be tempted to choose violence over rationality?
Jun 13, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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May 2024
Culture is just the error term
"Culture" is a useful catchall term that encapsulates values, beliefs, and norms for human interaction and cooperation within a specific group.
May 29, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Socialism as parochial presentism
The left likes to see itself as the bastion of moral circle expansion.
May 19, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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Human Capital And The Referral Heuristic
The case against applying for jobs
May 14, 2024
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Vaishnav Sunil
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The Blind Centrist's Guide to Gaza
When it comes to the war in Gaza, I have been far more frustrated with well-meaning, reasonable-sounding liberals than with the Hamas sympathizers…
May 1, 2024
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