John’s Contemplations

A free weekly newsletter where Jon Haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and share insights on how we can build something better.

I am a serial entrepreneur obsessed with technology and startups.

Making glulam of the tree of knowledge.

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

cool but rude

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Deeply researched interviews

The cutting edge of AI, from inside the frontier AI labs, minus the hype. The border between high-level and technical thinking. Read by leading engineers, researchers, and investors on Wednesday mornings.

Newsletter for the Asianometry channel. Studies on Asia - Financials, semiconductors, history, demography, development and other stuff. A letter every week Thursday, 1 am Taipei time

Economics and other interesting stuff

A weekly Substack on data and technology, with some occasional conversations about culture, sports, and politics.