EA - Announcing the first issue of Asterisk by Clara Collier

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing the first issue of Asterisk, published by Clara Collier on November 21, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum.Are you a fan of engaging, epistemically rigorous longform writing about the world's most pressing problems? Interested in in-depth interviews with leading scholars? A reader of taste and discernment? Sick of FTXcourse?Distract yourself with the inaugural issue of Asterisk Magazine, out now!Asterisk is a new quarterly journal of clear writing and clear thinking about things that matter (and, occasionally, things we just think are interesting). In this issue:Kelsey Piper argues that What We Owe The Future can't quite support the weight of its own premises.Kevin Esvelt talks about how we can prevent the next pandemic.Jared Leibowich gives us a superforecaster's approach to modeling monkeypox.Christopher Leslie Brown on the history of abolitionism and the slippery concept of moral progressStuart Ritchie tries to find out if the replication crisis has really made science better.Dietrich Vollrath explains what economists do and don't know about why some countries become rich and others don't.Scott Alexander asks: is wine fake?Karson Elmgren on the history and future of China's semiconductor industry.Xander Balwit imagines a future where genetic engineering has radically altered the animals we eat.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.Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.