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Contra Ajeya Cotra on Women Asking Men Out
If the Gale-Shapley algorithm is asker optimal, why don’t women ask men out? Are women just stupid? Lazy? Cowardly? Conformist? Unagentic? Or is the…
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Lamb Shanks with Guinness and Mustard
I have a taste for bitter flavors.
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Preserves
Let’s make it last like jam.
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None of my business
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In Defense of the Baby Shower
not that they really need defending?
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Somewhat Against Online Vulnerability
Towards the Online Here-and-Now
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Nursing Home Gossip
Or: The Old Wives' Tale
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Some Books I Read This Year
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