Archive - Cosmos Institute

AMA with Brendan McCord

Cosmos hits 20,000 subscribers. Ask me anything.

14 hrs ago • Brendan McCord

You Are Not a Function

Why the Race to Stay Useful is a Trap

Apr 3 • Brendan McCord

March 2026

Reading List: AI and the Future of Education

What anyone building a new university needs to read

Mar 27 • Cosmos Institute

Science Needs Scientists

And Scientists Need Science

Mar 20 • Cosmos Institute

AI won’t fix central planning

Even superintelligence needs a price

Mar 13 • Alex Chalmers

What will you build for?

Notes from the first Cosmos Symposium

Mar 6 • Cosmos Institute

February 2026

The Problem With P(doom)

Feb 27 • Harry Law

Brave New Nudge

“Liberal AI” and The Kindest Threat to Freedom

Feb 20 • Brendan McCord

The Last Temptation of Claude

Allure All the Way Down

Feb 13 • Harry Law

What Will You Build For: Zena Hitz

The Great Books: for anyone to read and discuss.

Feb 10 • Cosmos Institute

How we’re ensuring truth-seeking and critical thinking in the Age of AI

Why FIRE and Cosmos Institute are working together, and how that work is going

Published on The Eternally Radical Idea with Greg Lukianoff • Feb 6

What Will You Build For: Zoe Weinberg

Investing in human agency.

Feb 3 • Cosmos Institute

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