Archive - Cosmos Institute

AI won’t fix central planning

Even superintelligence needs a price

17 hrs ago • 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

January 2026

On the Noble Uses of AI

When Cognitive Offloading Elevates Us

Jan 30 • Cosmos Institute

Join the Cosmos Institute team

New operations, finance, and talent-focused roles - applications open!

Jan 28 • Cosmos Institute

The Model and the Tree

Can happiness be optimized?

Jan 23 • Harry Law

Same Radio, Different Citizens

On the Economics of Human Formation

Jan 16 • Brendan McCord and Philipp Koralus

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