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As seen in: Nature, MDPI, Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning, SAGE Publishing, BioRxiv, RealClear Science, Quillette, Areo Magazine, Works in Progress
Assistant Professor @TheSchoolofCI | Podcasting w/@horizonsreview: collective intelligence, systems collapse, complex systems, networks, etc.

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Cody Moser’s Journalist Portfolio

The Selfish Nature of Human Cooperation - Areo

The Selfish Nature of Human Cooperation - Areo

An optimistic anthropological perspective on human nature has emerged in the last two decades: the view that …

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The Dangers of Dugin's Particularism - Quillette

The Dangers of Dugin's Particularism - Quillette

Followers of US metapolitics were shocked by the appearance of Aleksander Dugin on a recent Youtube video hos…

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"Is Science Racist?" Book Review. - Areo

"Is Science Racist?" Book Review. - Areo

It may seem to be a rather silly question, but you might be able to find a reasonable argument for the premis…

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There's Little Reason to Worry About the SAT's New Adversity Score - Areo

There's Little Reason to Worry About the SAT's New Adversity Score - Areo

Last week, the College Board, the company in charge of developing and administering one of the United States'…

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Alice Dreger's Middle Finger: Sex, Gender and Unhelpful Hair-Splitting - Areo

Alice Dreger's Middle Finger: Sex, Gender and Unhelpful Hair-Splitting - Areo

Is there a more controversial issue in the western upper middle class right now than the intersection of gend…

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On the origins of empathy for other species

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By Cody Moser
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‘Can’t you feel it?' ‘Feel what?' I asked ‘How we are turning into greedy predators, just like wolves. We have this need to kill more and more. Even if we had two hundred sables we wouldn’t feel satisfied, would we? Just like the devil, you see.' He paused for a while. Then he added, 'I suggest we calm down and stop hunting for a week or so.’ –Rane Willerslev, Soul Hunters If you ran out of food, would you hesitate to eat your dog?
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Building back faster

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By Cody Moser, Lauren Gilbert, Jack Devanney, Sam Dumitriu
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19 Mins Building infrastructure doesn’t need to come at the cost of the environment. But it does need smarter rules. 1,961. That’s the number of documents contained within a single planning application for a wind farm off the northeast coast of England – capable of powering around 1.5 million homes. The environmental impact assessment and environmental scoping documents alone totalled 13,275 pages.
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Markets in fact-checking

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By Cody Moser, Sam Dumitriu, Lauren Gilbert, Matthew Feeney
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23 Mins Exposing misinformation online is hard to do at scale and can veer into outright censorship. The wisdom of crowds can lead us to the answers. Contemporary debates over online speech are stagnant and unimaginative. People have bemoaned the spread of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and hate speech on social media platforms for years, and proposed regulations that aim to solve the problem – but often at the expense of free speech, privacy, or competition.
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