This Week's Writing 12/23/22

Effective Altruism, Women Talking, best of lists, and more!

I'm taking a week off for the holidays, so probably not much activity here till the new year. Have a good break (if you get one!) and see you in 2023!

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On Effective Altruism, and why worshipping the elevated rational choices of the rich will not make the world a better place. (Alternet)

On discovering I’m (maybe) autistic. (Everything Is Horrible, for paid subscribers.)

Women Talking is a story about patriarchal violence that refuses patriarchal narratives. (NBC Think)

The Electoral Count Act Trump-proofs our democracy—though maybe not enough. (Public Notice)

Republicans don’t help their states; they immiserate them. (Editorial Board)

Gomorra trample all beneath their metal assault! (Chicago Reader)

The best essays I published this year. (Everything Is Horrible)

The 30 best books I read this year. (Everything Is Horrible)

30 best movies of 2022 (fixed!) (Patreon)