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The Permanent Emergency

Scott shares humorous anecdotes about the daily chaos of raising toddler twins, from emergency police visits triggered by screaming over the wrong version of a song, to elaborate bedtime battles and the children's obsession with identifying vehicles and animals.

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Jan 9, 2026 2,851 words 676 likes 330 comments Listen · 16 min Read Read

Grading My 2021 Predictions

Scott Alexander evaluates his 2021 predictions, analyzing his performance across various confidence levels and comparing his results to other forecasters and prediction markets.

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Jan 24, 2022 1,559 words 86 likes 133 comments Listen · 17 min Read Read

2020 Predictions: Calibration Results

Scott Alexander evaluates his 2020 predictions, finding he was generally overconfident, and discusses the implications for his prediction-making process.

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Apr 5, 2021 1,892 words 61 likes 164 comments Listen · 17 min Read Read

2019 Predictions: Calibration Results

Scott Alexander reviews and analyzes his 2019 predictions, finding he was generally well-calibrated but slightly underconfident across all confidence levels.

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Apr 8, 2020 1,769 words 0 likes 91 comments Listen · 15 min Read Read

2018 Predictions: Calibration Results

Scott Alexander evaluates his 2018 predictions, analyzing his accuracy and discussing factors that affected his performance.

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Jan 22, 2019 1,852 words 0 likes 123 comments Listen · 21 min Read Read

2017 Predictions: Calibration Results

Scott Alexander evaluates his 2017 predictions, analyzing his accuracy and calibration across different confidence levels.

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Jan 2, 2018 2,077 words 0 likes 216 comments Listen · 21 min Read Read

Predictions For 2017

Scott Alexander presents 105 predictions for 2017 on topics ranging from world events to personal life, each with an assigned probability.

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Jan 6, 2017 1,346 words 0 likes 421 comments Read Read

Predictions For 2016

Scott Alexander shares his 100 predictions for 2016, assigning probabilities to each across various global and personal topics.

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Jan 25, 2016 1,447 words 0 likes 534 comments Read Read

2015 Predictions: Calibration Results

Scott Alexander evaluates the accuracy of his 2015 predictions, finding overall good calibration and considering it a successful year.

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Jan 2, 2016 991 words 0 likes 173 comments Read Read

Predictions For 2014

Scott Alexander lists 60 predictions for 2014 across global events, online communities, and personal life, assigning probabilities to each.

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Jan 28, 2014 908 words 0 likes 50 comments Read Read
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