Are you a fan of engaging, epistemically rigorous longform writing about California’s most pressing problems? Interested in in-depth interviews with leading scholars? A reader of taste and discernment? Sick of drought?
Distract yourself with the latest issue of Asterisk Magazine, out now!
Asterisk is a quarterly journal of clear writing and clear thinking about things that matter (and, occasionally, things we just think are interesting). In this California-focused issue:
The Editors introduce the issue with reflections on California’s contradictions and its outsized impact on the world.
Dave Guarino talks about how to make a great government website and the challenges of public benefits administration.
Jan Sramek discusses his plans to build a new city in Solano County.
Susan Hough warns us about the pitfalls of predicting earthquakes.
Scott Kaplan explains the national import of Berkeley’s battle against Big Soda.
Devon Zuegel takes us back to California housing policy’s original sin.
Peter Westwick traces the history of California’s high-tech communities.
Casey Handmer lays out plans for an ambitious modern engineering project: desalinating the Salton Sea.
Nadia Asparouhova explores an old meditation tradition making new inroads among California techies.
Asterisk Magazine Issue 06
Link post
Are you a fan of engaging, epistemically rigorous longform writing about California’s most pressing problems? Interested in in-depth interviews with leading scholars? A reader of taste and discernment? Sick of drought?
Distract yourself with the latest issue of Asterisk Magazine, out now!
Asterisk is a quarterly journal of clear writing and clear thinking about things that matter (and, occasionally, things we just think are interesting). In this California-focused issue:
The Editors introduce the issue with reflections on California’s contradictions and its outsized impact on the world.
Dave Guarino talks about how to make a great government website and the challenges of public benefits administration.
Jan Sramek discusses his plans to build a new city in Solano County.
Susan Hough warns us about the pitfalls of predicting earthquakes.
Scott Kaplan explains the national import of Berkeley’s battle against Big Soda.
Devon Zuegel takes us back to California housing policy’s original sin.
Peter Westwick traces the history of California’s high-tech communities.
Casey Handmer lays out plans for an ambitious modern engineering project: desalinating the Salton Sea.
Nadia Asparouhova explores an old meditation tradition making new inroads among California techies.
Clara Collier and Jason Crawford talk through the differences and similarities between effective altruism and progress studies.
Timothy B. Lee explains why the people writing about California’s tech industry today have such a hard time getting it right.
Pradyumna Prasad and Jordan Schneider examine the rise (and arguable fall) of one of California’s preeminent intellectual institutions: RAND.
Mia Bird discusses California’s efforts to reduce its prison population.
Zvi Mowshowitz breaks down the debate around California’s proposed AI regulation.
Ozy Brennan examines the “TESCREAL” bundle of ideologies and its purported importance in Silicon Valley.
A huge thank you to everyone in the community who helped us make Asterisk a reality. We hope you all enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed making it.