rossdavidh

Primatologist with half a century of experience analyzes current gender identity debates from the viewpoint of someone who knows about more than one primate species (not just humans).

Instead of just bemoaning the current state of politics, Turchin uses a data-informed comparison to previous, similar cycles to see where we're headed.

The first is a great analysis of the phenomenon (usually Twitter-based) of shame-storms

the second is about the far, far older phenomenon of one invasive species driving a closely related one to extinction. Both very well done.

The physics, biology, and chemistry textbook we should have had in high school.