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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
A Letter, Year End 2025
On AI, human autonomy, and keeping the flame of freedom alive
Jan 9 • Brendan McCord and Cosmos Institute
Faster Horses
Intelligence flows from systems and singletons
Jan 2 • Harry Law

December 2025

Philosopher-Builder Winter Reads
Recommendations from Matt Clifford, Greg Lukianoff, Virginia Postrel, Séb Krier and others in the Cosmos network
Dec 19, 2025 • Cosmos Institute
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