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Ask HN: What are your favorite long-form nonfiction websites?
80 points by bookbinder 2861 days ago
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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.

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.
https://longreads.com/ has a ton of long form writing and is very well curated.
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.
I recommend http://nautil.us/
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.

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.

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

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

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

Lots of useful synthesis about the study of consciousness: https://www.consciousentities.com/
Let me throw this in - https://booksummaries.me/
gwern.net
Not sure what long-form means, but maybe datagenetics.com matches.
aldaily.com. The authority on essays and opinions of note.
Farnam street blog.
new york review of books (https://www.nyrb.com/)
longform.org provides a great curated selection of articles, including many older gems.
longreads.com ProPublica.org