List: Society | Curated by J.J. Pryor

Jan 14, 2023
47 stories
SocietyEssays exploring all the crazy sh*t going on in the world.
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Seeds For The Future
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HungryMinded
Side-Hustles From Scratch #13 — Upscaling AI ArtIntro
Sep 15, 2022
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Most Fun and Interesting Facts I Learned in 2021With links for more reading
Jan 3, 2022
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Jan 3, 2022
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Lessons from History
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J.J. Pryor
The True History of the MacArthur “Genius Grant”When insurance fraud is profitable for society
Jan 13, 2022
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Jan 13, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
Is Your Faith Worth $500?When researchers tried putting a dollar value on belief
Jan 20, 2022
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Jan 20, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
The Man Likely Behind QAnon is Now Running for CongressAnd I weep for our future
Feb 23, 2022
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Feb 23, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
Can a Clean Toilet Seat Help Predict the Next Election?Exploring disgust and politics
Feb 17, 2022
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Feb 17, 2022
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When the Line Between Lying and Embellishing is C̶r̶o̶s̶s̶e̶d̶“The truth is always in the middle.”
Dec 4, 2021
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Dec 4, 2021
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
What Would Happen if the Internet Wasn’t “Anchored on Zero?”Democracy would survive, for one
Dec 28, 2021
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Dec 28, 2021
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How One Guy Lost $300 Million From Buying Pizzas For His DaughterHow would you live with the regret?
Dec 1, 2021
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Dec 1, 2021
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
The First Abortion Law in America Was in Response to a Baby-Killing PriestDespite what you may hear, abortion was far from illegal in the past
Dec 2, 2021
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Dec 2, 2021
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The Apeiron Blog
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J.J. Pryor
Please Bring Back the Downvote Button on Social Media: Society Desperately Needs ItDon’t listen to Zuck, the internet is not a ‘safe place’ for us to be coddled like children.
Jul 28, 2021
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Jul 28, 2021
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
3 Things I Really Wish Trump Had Done While PresidentThinking back on the craziest presidency of our times
Oct 19, 2021
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Oct 19, 2021
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Two Secret Tax Loopholes the Rich Use to Save BillionsAllow me to introduce you to Johnny Boom
Oct 14, 2021
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Oct 14, 2021
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
Why One Life-Saving Vaccine Was Widely Adopted And Another Vaccine is DespisedAnd no, it’s not the COVID vaccine
Oct 7, 2021
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Oct 7, 2021
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The Apeiron Blog
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J.J. Pryor
This is What the Wars of the Future Will Be Fought OverWelcome to the rain wars
Oct 4, 2021
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Oct 4, 2021
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Lessons from History
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J.J. Pryor
Why America’s Highest Income Tax Rate Used to Be 94%A brief history of why the hell we still pay income taxes
Sep 24, 2021
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Sep 24, 2021
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
Why I’ve Drunk the Kool-Aid, According to My Anti-Vaxxer FriendsThey’re playing a deadly game of life and death — for all of us
Sep 16, 2021
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Sep 16, 2021
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Politically Speaking
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J.J. Pryor
Machines Are Coming for Your Jobs, And They’re Incredibly CuteThis is the way the World ends, not with a bang, but an incredibly cute kitty face
Sep 15, 2021
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Sep 15, 2021
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Would You Pass the Jesus Test?This isn’t about religion. Not really.
Sep 2, 2021
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Sep 2, 2021
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