Three new-ish blogs (from the past year or so) that I figure are worth highlighting:
(1) Cold Takes - Holden Karnofsky (of GiveWell and Open Philanthropy fame) writing on themes relating to "avant-garde effective altruism". See especially his "Most Important Century" series, on why humanity needs to prepare for some wild changes.
(2) Hands and Cities - by Oxford philosophy grad (and Open Philanthropy research analyst) Joe Carlsmith. I just discovered this blog a week or so ago, but have been digging through the archives a bit and really enjoying it. I especially recommend 'On future people, looking back at 21st century longtermism', 'On the limits of idealized values' (exploring puzzles for subjectivists about how to select the appropriate idealization procedure), and 'Can you control the past?' (on decision theory). He's clearly influenced by Eliezer Yudkowsky, but is actually good at philosophy, which makes for an interesting combination.
(3) Astral Codex Ten - Scott Alexander's new blog. Probably everyone already knows this? But I mention it here in case there are any deprived souls out there who could still benefit from the pointer. See, e.g., 'The Moral Costs of Chicken vs Beef', 'The Rise and Fall of Online Culture Wars', stuff on charter cities, schooling, and the FDA.
Are there any other new blogs of note that you've been enjoying recently? Share a link in the comments, if so...
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Well new to me. A couple blogs/sites for specific policy/industries I like: For meat, https://www.meatpoultry.com/ which is a great industry news site and Jayson Lusk's blog http://jaysonlusk.com/ (tho he doesn't post that frequently). MeatPoultry also has a podcast. For health, https://pharmaphorum.com/ , https://www.drugchannels.net/ , https://www.kff.org/ . Growing up around left wing / marxist types who never talk about business, I've also been enjoying the WSJ business section (though not a blog).
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