My New Substack: Reasonable Panic

For the last couple of years, I’ve written about a growing sense of concern about the trajectory of the world, in particular with regard to AI, politics, and climate. I finally decided to actually do something about it: I started a new Substack called Reasonable Panic that focuses on practical prepping.You can check it out the Substack here. There’s also a stripped down site that I’ll be adding to over the course of the next couple of months: reasonablepanic.com. Why I Think Prepping is a Good IdeaI’m a big fan of prepping (within reason) for 3 reasons:It provides something to do with general anxiety. When people feel powerless about stuff in their environment, they get depressed. I won’t pretend that my prepping is going to actually make a difference, but it feels a hell of a lot better to be doing something than sitting around waiting for bad stuff to happen.It’s good practice for stoicism. Stoicism is great, but it’s pretty hard to remind yourself to think about awful scenarios…

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