Stuart Whatley

How people spend their time is a fundamental mark of civilization, but it is a category that tends to be lost beneath a society’s scientific, technological, military, and material attainments. 1/14 hedgehogreview.com/issues/by-theo…

The new #PSQuarterly considers what will follow the post-war Pax Americana. Ft. @BennSteil @mokymakura @AmitavAcharya @gabriel_zucman @avalaina @Yu_JieC, @NOIweala, and the late @Joe_Nye (plus @GaryMarcus on AI) project-syndicate.org/magazines/ps-q…

Excellent piece! Traditionally, overabundance of time is seen as a threat (idle hands are the Devil’s workshop etc). But perhaps the real problem is that we failed to cultivate healthy leisure ethics (which already exist in our wisdom traditions)? >

As a "true believer" movement, #MAGA feeds on its members’ self-contempt. Its traditional masculine iconography seems to appeal to many; yet who eagerly follows an alpha leader, if not a beta? | @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/04/…

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Efficiency is highly overrated; goofing off is highly underrated. Regularly scheduled sabbaths, sabbaticals, vacations, breaks, aimless walks, and time off are essential for top performance of any kind. The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic. #excellentadvice

"American greatness has produced a society whose members know not what to do with the freedom and abundance that earlier generations secured." 🖊️ @StuartWhatley #Echobox=1744103185-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/04/…

Too many Americans know not what to do with the freedom and abundance that earlier generations secured. We are now witnessing the squandering of this inheritance, and it is even more idiotic than anyone would expect. @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/04/…

The West is bored to death: Our nihilistic politics are a product of the crushing ennui and spiritual vacancy of modern life. 🖊️ @StuartWhatley #Echobox=1744103185-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/04/…

‘If you cannot create the impression that you are better than others at forecasting future probabilities, you have no competitive advantage.’ @StuartWhatley and @AgarNicholas expose the speculative futurism industry👇 buff.ly/iYcRCwk

Silicon Valley has everything to gain from a public that is ready to believe anything. But whether a radically "open-minded" futurist outlook serves the rest of society is quite another matter. (Link below) @unherd #AI #AGI

Is Sam Altman right that AI will be smarter than humans within the next 10 years? Don’t be so sure. Read @StuartWhatley and @AgarNicholas 👇 buff.ly/etwqSHo

‘The claims being made about AI’s potential are examples of speculative futurism, an increasingly lucrative and culturally influential form of prognostication.’ Read @StuartWhatley and @AgarNicholas 👇 buff.ly/lR7v0gs

Will we ever really make it to Mars or is Elon Musk just betting big to woo investors? Don’t trust the futurists, write @StuartWhatley and @AgarNicholas 👇 buff.ly/zaYYXED

@mattyglesias @ezraklein Technological breakthroughs are usually farther away than they appear. It's easy to tell oneself that steps A, B, and C will get you there; but if we knew exactly what would get us there, we would be there already. prosyn.org/QksyKc5?h=pRGa…

@robertwrighter @paulbloomatyale @NonzeroPods Fair enough ("bodyguard")

@StuartWhatley @paulbloomatyale @NonzeroPods I think Paul mentions that in his article.

Had a great time talking w/ Canadian @paulbloomatyale about America's designs on his country, the power of humiliation as a motivator, Zuckerberg's Trump suck up, and other stuff. You can watch here or listen on @NonzeroPods youtube.com/watch?v=OdIxf0…

Here is the blind spot that Silicon Valley hype-artists love to exploit, especially after breakthrough moments like the release of ChatGPT (link below). | @ProSyn

While feats like the moon landing dwell permanently in our collective memory, we forget (or are oblivious to) all of the times that technology promised to solve some problem but didn’t, write @AgarNicholas and @stuartwhatley. bit.ly/3Otl5BC

“Give us a real world problem,” @pmarca writes, “and we can invent a technology that will solve it.” But it isn't always as simple as that, @AgarNicholas and @StuartWhatley explain. bit.ly/3Otl5BC