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Have I mentioned my Substack?

Posted on by Razib Khan

Thank you again to everyone who has subscribed to my Substack. This is a millionth (and final!) reminder to anyone who was planning to subscribe to Substack that my 2020 rates are the lowest allowable on the platform and will be adjusted upward in the new year.

For anybody who took the healthy approach of being offline for the last couple of weeks, you might like something within among all this content for I cranked out for the Substack. Here are five free blog posts (available whether your subscription is paid or unpaid):

I chose the topics, so of course, I enjoyed writing all of these. But I think the one on the Zhou was the most satisfying for me. Not a surprise that it was the IQ piece that seemed to speak to the most readers.

I pulled 6 favorite past podcasts from my archives too:

I’m working through a long list of favorite thinkers I already know and have enjoyed talking with in the past, and people who are on my radar to chase down for a first podcast, but if there’s anyone you think I’d be remiss not to try and connect with this year, please leave a comment. 

def no dino

I had a great Christmas, not least because my youngest became completely obsessed with dinosaurs overnight (thanks, Schleich!). Not going to lie, I was always a little disappointed his older siblings had no love for dinosaurs (one of his siblings had such disdain for all things biology, that for probably a solid year, he would dismiss any quadruped sighting, whether cow, sheep, horse, etc. with an unimpressed “DIE-SAUR”).

But the tail is wagging the dog since Christmas and half of sibling chatter is now debates of omnivore v. carnivore v. herbivore and discussions of the Jurassic and things like what syllable of diplodocus is emphasized. The caliber of illustrated books for kids now, refinements on old hypotheses, and depth of detail known today are leaving me with a lot of updates to perform on my mid-80’s body of dinosaur knowledge. So what should I read? Who should I know? Anyone it would be a shame not to seek out for the podcast?

For all you current paid subscribers and those who grab a subscription today, I can unreservedly recommend my final 2020 podcast: a conversation with Armand Leroi. It drops today. We discussed both Mutants and The Lagoon. Each well worth a read if you missed them. Mutants is a quick read; The Lagoon is a bit encyclopedic (we discuss why it’s so long). Additionally, we revisited his op-ed on race from 2005, his argument in favor of ‘neo-eugenics‘, recent work on cultural evolution, and the impact of wokeness on the academy in Britain.

Newer readers may find my interview with Armand from the end of 2005 interesting.

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4 thoughts on “Have I mentioned my Substack?”

  1. I think you said you read “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs” By Steve Brusatte but he is a fun interview. But I think he kind of does the same rehearsed interview every time so idk if it’d be worth your time.

  2. The caliber of illustrated books for kids now, refinements on old hypotheses, and depth of detail known today are leaving me with a lot of updates to perform on my mid-80’s body of dinosaur knowledge. So what should I read?

    ICYMI, Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast: Dinosaur Poems, which came out in the early 90s, when my kids were of that age (IIRC, it was around the time of the great brontosaurus/apatosaurus scandal; don’t know how that finally shook out). It was a delight. I still occasionally mutter to myself,

    Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank!
    Ankylosaurus was built like a tank

    A few more samples here.

    It’s a keeper, which, unfortunately, we did not recognize as we moved about.

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