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The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science
My entry in the 2026 ACX Book Review Contest.
Jul 3
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R.W. Richey
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June 2026
Let Him Have Thy Legos Also - [Essay]
Yes I'm talking about the Bricks and Minifigs/Star Wars legos debacle. If you don't know what I'm talking about read on!
Jun 25
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R.W. Richey
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12
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The Desecration of Man - Say No to Nietzsche
A man stands in front of you. He holds two pills, one in each hand. You can choose Christian Zeolatry or Nietzschean Self-Creation. There is no third…
Jun 17
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R.W. Richey
5
10
2
Four Books on the End (Or at Least the Plateauing) of Civilization
Okay maybe it's three books, and one of them is in two different formats (book and graphic novel). But four does sound more impressive, and I need to…
Jun 9
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R.W. Richey
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5
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May 2026
Do Not Go Gentle - State Provided Death is Incoherent
You can give people autonomy over the timing and manner of their death. Or you can reduce the suffering which attends some deaths, but you can’t really…
May 29
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R.W. Richey
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5
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Annihilation – A (Very French) Biography of the "Last Man"
It takes a French author to give us the idea of salvation through sexy hot pants.
May 25
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R.W. Richey
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7
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Picky: How Modernity Completely Screwed Up (Part LXVII)
Did your mother force you to eat Brussels sprouts? If so she was doing the Lord's work.
May 22
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R.W. Richey
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4
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Last Branch Standing - Honey Badger References and Case Analysis
The Supreme Court isn't as broken as people think. But the people themselves might be more broken than they realize.
May 9
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R.W. Richey
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7
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April 2026
Four Short Classics for the Lazy Pseudo-Intellectual
When you want to read a classic and you don't have a lot of time.
Apr 30
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R.W. Richey
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7
3
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
The machine might not be Isengard in the Lord of the Rings movies, but only because we're churning out more orcs, while burning fewer trees.
Apr 22
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R.W. Richey
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4
4
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama - More Palestinian Sadness
Imagine the opposite of a rom-com. That's surprisingly close to the actual content of this book.
Apr 12
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R.W. Richey
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Plagues upon the Earth - You're Not Sufficiently Horrified
You would think after tens of thousands of years and hundreds of millions of deaths that we would be more afraid of massively deadly plagues.
Apr 8
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R.W. Richey
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8
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