Ask HN: What are your favorite long-form nonfiction websites?

80 pointsbookbinder7y ago23 comments

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https://www.currentaffairs.org/

I didn't realize how many years I'd been looking for a serious, entertaining, well-written leftist perspective on news and the world until I ran across this magazine.

jweather7y ago

The Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ Starts out focused on text-based games, but branches out to a history of computing in general. My favorite thing is that Kindle-formatted archives are available.

yursky7y ago

https://longreads.com/ has a ton of long form writing and is very well curated.

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urlwolf7y ago

http://zeihan.com Geopolitics kicks ass. Very fact based, provided lots of context to make strategic decisions, such as where to start your next company.

artek7y ago

I recommend http://nautil.us/

3pt141597y ago

I like http://slatestarcodex.com/ a kinda pessimistic leftist who sometimes calls himself a libertarian, but wrote the best takedown of libertarianism I've ever read:

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

It's what finally pushed me out of libertarianism after it was straining under my increasingly long list of qualifiers. He has a bunch of other great articles too ranging from ADHD to bayesian analysis.

benatkin7y ago

There's a podcast version of it. I find that it's a good way to consume it. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jeremiah-2/slate-star-codex

Also it's worth looking for in person Less Wrong & SSC meetups.

czers7y ago

https://www.damninteresting.com - "A collection of fascinating true stories from history, science, and psychology. In text and podcast form."

rayalez7y ago

http://slatestarcodex.com/

Amazing essays on rationality, psychology, science, all sorts of stuff.

https://waitbutwhy.com

Simple but deep explanations of technology(his Elon Musk series is a must read)

Mihalis7y ago

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/ Truly great posts and book recommendations.

juancampa7y ago

Huge fan of https://www.quantamagazine.org/

guybedo7y ago

https://www.quantamagazine.org/ https://aeon.co/ http://nautil.us/

subpixel7y ago

https://www.lrb.co.uk/

jpamata7y ago

Narrative journalism: https://maptia.com/

Humanities & literature: https://www.aldaily.com/

ivansavz7y ago

Lots of useful synthesis about the study of consciousness: https://www.consciousentities.com/

hienyimba7y ago

Let me throw this in - https://booksummaries.me/

waylayla7y ago

gwern.net

r347y ago

Not sure what long-form means, but maybe datagenetics.com matches.

ieeamo7y ago

aldaily.com. The authority on essays and opinions of note.

eyer20167y ago

Farnam street blog.

jaryd7y ago

new york review of books (https://www.nyrb.com/)

pablobaz7y ago

longform.org provides a great curated selection of articles, including many older gems.

alphabettsy7y ago

longreads.com ProPublica.org

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