{"product_id":"slate-star-codex-essays-volume-iii-9781735797120","title":"Slate Star Codex Essays: Volume III","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Scott Alexander\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hobbes Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hobbes Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book you will find essays concerning philosophy, politics, economics, religion, science, culture, society, history, mathematics, and other topics. They are written in various styles, including conversations, stories and something close to rants. Volume III contains 17 essays written in 2018 and 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Scott wrote his own intro about them, he might have said: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will probably disagree with many of these essays. That's okay. Some of them are even wrong, in the sense that I made a mistake or I misunderstood something. Some of them are really hard to understand, because I'm exploring an unfamiliar topic. Some of them are just jokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I think if you read all of them, there will be quite a lot that will be true and useful to you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been writing about this stuff online for years, but this is the first time my work is collected in one place on paper. I hope that these essays are interesting, thought-provoking, and at least somewhat informative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBulls**t Jobs (Part 1 of ∞) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan Things Be Both Popular And Silenced? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Amish Health Care System \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume III Also includes Scott's Popular and Controversial FAQs: The Anti-Libertarian FAQ and The Anti-Reactionary FAQ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hobbes Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45047590420631,"sku":"9781735797120","price":2609.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781735797120.webp?v=1767897894","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/slate-star-codex-essays-volume-iii-9781735797120","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}