The Literati
Amanda, Peter FrostCommentary about the books I’m reading, what they’ve taught me, and how they relate to contemporary issues.
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“We shouldn’t assume that other populations will think or act like us”
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One of the writers I enjoy reading most on Substack is Peter Frost, an anthropologist who researches and writes about human evolution. Since most of us are not used to thinking about our own species as undergoing n...
A Better Life - At Whose Expense?
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Although I don’t particularly consider myself a competitive person, I must admit that I’ve felt a thorn in my ego as I watched review after review of Lionel Shriver’s latest novel, A Better Life, appear while I was...
Your World May Shatter Like a Martian Invasion
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On the Pendulum Swing
As a woman of the respectable age of 30+, I look back and think of the 2010s as revolutionary for various left-wing causes. Just think of the migrant crisis, Greta Thunberg, #metoo, BLM, t...
What I Read in 2025
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On Kindle
Happy New Year, readers—a few days late!
I want to start with one of my major takeaways from 2025—in terms of my reading, that is—which is that the Kindle is a great friend when you’re stuck on the c...
The Great Discontinuation
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Småland is, in my opinion, the most Swedish region of Sweden (although, the folks from Dalarna, Värmland or Östergötland may beg to differ). Dark blue lakes, dense green forests, and misty meadows with the vanishin...
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I'm on Substack to learn more about my interests: literature, politics, genetics, and psychology. A Swede who mainly writes in English.
My main interests are gene-culture coevolution, recent cognitive evolution, and the evolution of human hair, eye, and skin color.
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