Razib Khan

“Both view AI as a powerful tool for skilled thinkers but a potential source of intellectual passivity for others, raising the question of how people can preserve their agency and sense of purpose as AI becomes part of…”

2026-09-24

“Today, it seems more likely that it was we who were the monsters out of the dark, the demons about which Neanderthal mothers would tell their little-ones.”

2026-08-20

“All the evidence, both ancient and modern, points to a tiny non-African ancestry population between 50 and 60,000 years ago, a few thousand individuals at most”

2026-08-20

“Though written accessibly, Segerstrale’s narrative rewards repeat reading, because it is so dense with historical detail that remains relevant today.”

2026-01-01, book, by Ullica Segerstråle, loved

“The genius of this work is its interdisciplinary scope.”

2026-01-01, book, by Bryan Ward-Perkins, recommended

“A decade on, it already feels possible that in the future, commentators will argue that this specific fruitful synthesis lit the fuse on evolutionary cultural anthropology’s explosion (with due apologies to earlier…”

2026-01-01, book, by Joseph Henrich, loved