Archive - Social Matter

Back in college, I was friends with what seemed to be the ideal couple.

Apr 28 • Alan Schmidt

Mr. and Mrs. Good Enough

Marriage Needs to be a Little Mercenary

Apr 20 • Alan Schmidt

Judge My Bookshelf: Part 3

The Ancient City, The Perfect and the Wicked, Heretics of Dune, and others

Apr 16 • Alan Schmidt

14:14

A Dune Future Was Inevitable

A Brief History of the Jihad Against the Machines

Apr 13 • Alan Schmidt

Judge My Bookshelf: Part 2

Apr 2 • Alan Schmidt

13:49

The Asness Chair of Applied Liberty

"Based" Needs to put on a Suit

Apr 1 • Alan Schmidt

March 2026

Homeschooling has its problems

Like many teenagers navigating the clanging lockers, crowded hallways, and uncomfortable seats of a typical school, I wondered what the point was.

Mar 28 • Alan Schmidt

Judge My Bookshelf: Part 1

As a thank you to my paid subscribers, I’m going through my home library.

Mar 26 • Alan Schmidt

14:00

Hank Hill is Elite Human Capital

A Reflection on Wasted Opportunities

Mar 19 • Alan Schmidt

Bonus Feature: Like Father, Like Son

I recently read Johann Kurtz’s excellent “Building a Legacy” and it gave me a necessary kick in the rear to decide what I’m doing for my posterity that…

Mar 19 • Alan Schmidt

Dilbert: A Postmortem

Scott Adams Gleefully Murdered His Own Creation

Mar 13 • Alan Schmidt

Who Can Make Sex Great Again?

Learn to Love the LARP

Mar 5 • Alan Schmidt

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