- West Coast psychiatrist - prominent rationalist blogger - Many posts are book reviews (typically in the social sciences or medicine) or reviews of a topic in the scientific literature. - Known for [Astral Codex Ten](https://astralcodexten.substack.com/) and [Slate Star Codex](https://slatestarcodex.com/). - I enjoyed [The Precision of Sensory Evidence](https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-precision-of-sensory-evidence) because it presented the first "unified theory of depression" I've ever really come across, and has some really interesting explanations — with citations, from a licensed psychiatrist — of recent research into how depression commonly works, how "priors" can come to outweigh other lived experiences when experiencing depression — and why meditation and yoga and massage (and hugs!) help combat this.