How To Think More and Better
William B. IrvineHow to think more and better about your life and the world in which you live
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Why Does It Take Me Eight Minutes (on Average) to Write a Sentence?
An average More and Better Thinking essay is 1,000 words and 60 sentences long. It typically takes me 8 hours, in the form of four 2-hour sessions spread over two days, to write an essay. This means that I spend, on average, 8 minutes to wr...
Your Free Time, Reconsidered
Author’s note: This essay was originally published on Oct 14, 2025. Enjoy!
Consider an American eighteen-year-old, let’s call her Olivia, who is about to enter college. She is faced with the question of how best to spend her college years...
The Connection Between Thinking and Writing
In previous essays, I argued that those I refer to as Thinkers—people who make a conscious effort to engage in evidence-based reasoning to draw conclusions—won’t be anti-AI. They will, in particular, be open to using AI chatbots to stress-t...
Will Thinkers Use AI Chatbots as WRITING Assistants?
In my previous post, I defended the use of AI chatbots as research assistants. Rather than being a form of cheating, such use is an efficient way to gather data. Yes, there is a chance that some of that data will be erroneous, but this is a...
Will Thinkers Use AI Chatbots as RESEARCH Assistants?
The world is awash in AI slop. You can find it on TikTok and YouTube. You can also find it in written sources; indeed, it has been estimated that a quarter of self-published books are AI-generated.
A year ago, my use of AI could be describ...
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I am emeritus professor of philosophy, author of nine(ish) books (depending on how you count them), and have played a role in the 21st century renaissance of interest in Stoicism. I am also a curious fellow, in at least two senses of the word.
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