Rollins's Review, September 9
Egregores, ant farms, and tactical politics, oh my!
Leading off the week is a guest post on Handwaving Freakoutery by Joseph B. Ottinger about egregores. It sums up the mechanics of egregores in a clearer, more succinct way than I have seen anywhere else and offers recommendations I agree with about how to deal with their presence in our lives. It’s a fantastic article and I hope Joseph starts a ‘stack.
Doc Hammer has been on an absolute tear lately. Like, three total bangers in the space of a week. I’m beginning to think the Adderall shortage in Hollywood is because the economists have manipulated the supply chain to have all the screenwriters’ prescriptions sent to their houses. This article, about conceptualizing the relationship between human societies and ant colonies, is one of the best he’s ever done.
Data-driven practical psychology you can apply to your life for purposes of self-improvement, today, in convenient capsule form? Yes, please. Dinomight is one of the best blogs on Substack. This one’s on one of my pet subjects, the utility of cognitive biases.
I post a link to Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans with some trepidation; I’m not a parent myself, I have not watched this documentary, and I don’t feel great about taking shots at people with serious mental illnesses. But I’m against schools and other institutions encouraging elective, life-long medical intervention for children, full stop. That goes double for anyone who tries to cut parents off from their children so as to interfere with their reproductive development; that’s explicitly an abuse tactic.
I don’t know if this post is representative of uTobian, but…damn. I love tactical politics, as a topic, and this is is a great idea for breaking the power of the pharmaceutical lobby.
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Glad you enjoyed it! I am very happy that people are talking about these sorts of things and taking them seriously. There are many important implications of such ideas, even if only "anyone who claims to know what society needs is a liar."
I hope this isn't an insult, but Jay, your internet persona is the most eclectic (while still sane and coherent) I have encountered.