Whit·manic

Improving western culture's ecstatic literacy Critical thinking on psychedelics & spirituality from best-selling author, founder of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project, 20 years experience writing for The Times, BBC, Economist and others.

Conversations on population genetics, evolution, history, books, and culture

Exploring critical, philosophical, and scientific debates in psychiatric practice and the psy-sciences

Essays on meaning, technical work, ethics, self and society, AI, Vajrayana Buddhism, and vampires. For paying subscribers, fun stories, rants, and previews of serious writing.

Musings on art, language, and religion in the Mediterranean and beyond.

Ancient history and today's politics through the lens of Cliodynamics ("history as science"). Recent books: End Times (2023), The Great Holocene Transformation (2025).

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

The official Substack of the Jewish Genetic Discovery Foundation

Writing about tech, cybersecurity, consulting, law, farming, and life

Prehistory, wild adventures, obscure tribes, & historical processes

Consciousness Culture from a California perspective

AKA Aga's corner

Machine Learning Psychometrics / Snake Cult

Occasional writings on psychedelics and visionary aesthetics.

A neuropsychiatrist’s field notes on doubt, data, and discovery

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.