Ask HN: What are some blogs of really smart people you check regularly?
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Seth Godin has a blog that's short and sweet: http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/ is interesting when it comes to career advice.
http://www.codinghorror.com - technology related.
http://www.themiddlefingerproject.org/ - another smart blogger and not very mainstream.
http://randsinrepose.com/ - writer of managing humans. has an impressive blog.
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/ is interesting when it comes to career advice.
http://www.codinghorror.com - technology related.
http://www.themiddlefingerproject.org/ - another smart blogger and not very mainstream.
http://randsinrepose.com/ - writer of managing humans. has an impressive blog.
I'm completely addicted to rationalist blogs these days (for better or for worse).
Currently bingeing http://slatestarcodex.com, and many, many of the blogs he links to.
In a completely different category, I enjoy war reporting blogs for a really down-to-earth, naturalistic (and arguably overly militaristic) point of view of geopolitic issues.
- The War Nerd (http://pando.com/author/garybrecher/)
- War is Boring (https://medium.com/war-is-boring)
Currently bingeing http://slatestarcodex.com, and many, many of the blogs he links to.
In a completely different category, I enjoy war reporting blogs for a really down-to-earth, naturalistic (and arguably overly militaristic) point of view of geopolitic issues.
- The War Nerd (http://pando.com/author/garybrecher/)
- War is Boring (https://medium.com/war-is-boring)
Really smart people I know like www.scottaaronson.com/blog/ . It's quite popular on HN. I also recommend https://news.ycombinator.com/ for interesting articles :P
Steve Hsu: http://infoproc.blogspot.com
Example post title: "Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening using next generation sequencing"
Razib Khan: http://www.unz.com/gnxp/ Example post title: "Most Horse Lineages Are in Heaven"
Gregory Cochran: http://westhunt.wordpress.com/ Example post:
"It is easier to develop a phobia about snakes than electricity or carbon monoxide, probably because we have built in neurological mechanism that confer that propensity.
Likely most animals have a similar propensity to develop a fear of fire: or it might come automatically. If there was such a fear-of-fire mechanism, we have lost it: and dogs have as well. If this is correct, one could learn about this hypothetical mechanism by comparing dogs and wolves."
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These are heavily biased towards population genetics and quantitative genetics. Would appreciate suggestions for blogs of smart people writing about molecular biology.
Razib Khan: http://www.unz.com/gnxp/ Example post title: "Most Horse Lineages Are in Heaven"
Gregory Cochran: http://westhunt.wordpress.com/ Example post:
"It is easier to develop a phobia about snakes than electricity or carbon monoxide, probably because we have built in neurological mechanism that confer that propensity.
Likely most animals have a similar propensity to develop a fear of fire: or it might come automatically. If there was such a fear-of-fire mechanism, we have lost it: and dogs have as well. If this is correct, one could learn about this hypothetical mechanism by comparing dogs and wolves."
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These are heavily biased towards population genetics and quantitative genetics. Would appreciate suggestions for blogs of smart people writing about molecular biology.
Not tech, or even a famous figure, but I still check the blog of my history professor from college: https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/
I have a friend who wrote poetry on the side and never publicized it. These poems are so good that I still check it every other day, even though no new posts have been made in maybe a year.
I have a friend who wrote poetry on the side and never publicized it. These poems are so good that I still check it every other day, even though no new posts have been made in maybe a year.
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From the VC space:
Fred Wilson's AVC: http://avc.com
Ben Horowitz Ben's Blog: http://www.bhorowitz.com
Paul Graham's Essays: http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
edit: for lesser known, I would say:
- Whitney Johnson's blog on disrupting yourself: http://whitneyjohnson.com
- Occam's Razor on data driven marketing: http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/
- Copyblogger (probably in the well known bucket but still really good): http://www.copyblogger.com/blog/
Tom Tunguz: http://tomtunguz.com/
Patrick McKenzie http://www.kalzumeus.com/greatest-hits/
Intercom http://blog.intercom.io/
Patrick McKenzie http://www.kalzumeus.com/greatest-hits/
Intercom http://blog.intercom.io/
Philip Greenspun wrote really interesting things about web development in the mid-/late 90's. Nowdays he writes about more general issues, still always worth reading:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/
http://jamesaltucher.com... but I think he's "jumped" the shark recently.
How do you figure?
http://esr.ibiblio.org/ - Eric S. Raymond
farnamstreetblog.com
The less mainstream or well known the better.
Edit:
I'll provide some of my own;
http://blog.asmartbear.com/archives
http://www.dilbert.com/blog/
^Mostly of entertainment value but he says some interesting things from time to time.
http://rs.io/articles