Archive - Erik Torenberg

On Nonviolent Communication

A framework that goes beyond communication

Aug 27 •

June 2024

Tech's Return to Meritocracy

And some brief updates from me...

Jun 26 •

April 2024

Reconciling Effective Altruism and E/acc

Uniting against the AI ethics tribe

Apr 29 •

February 2024

The Rise of Anti-Heroes

Kanye, Elon, and Trump all transformed from heroes to anti-heroes

Feb 8 •

January 2024

Thoughts on Mental Health

Therapeutic politics, mental health as high status, the gentrification of disability

Jan 19 •

The Most Interesting Ideas of 2023

The best of what I read, heard, and wrote

Jan 11 •

What I'm working on / exploring at the moment professionally

Jan 3 •

December 2023

Take the Clearpill

Opt out of politics you can't influence

Dec 14, 2023 •

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Be principled in what you can control, and flexible with what you can't

Dec 6, 2023 •

People are Different

Blank slatism is holding people back

Dec 3, 2023 •

November 2023

Happy Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2023 •

How Communities Die

Usually at the hands of mops, not sociopaths

Nov 16, 2023 •

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