Shane O'Mara

Too hot to handle

Thermal strain - are you cool-headed or warm-hearted? (Repost)

11 hrs ago • Shane O'Mara

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cognitive warfare: rehearsing for the wrong tomorrow (part 1)

first in an in-depth multipart series

Jun 4 • Shane O'Mara

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May 2026

metropolitan city living

confluences of familiar strangers

May 14 • Shane O'Mara

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April 2026

antecendents of reinforcement learning, part 2

and the strange ironies of contemporary ai

Apr 28 • Shane O'Mara

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‘Cognitive Ecologies’: understanding mutual misunderstanding between polities

no polity can afford brittle cognition

Apr 27 • Shane O'Mara

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the (forgotten) ancestry of reinforcement learning, part 1

skinner, hebb, and what lies within

Apr 4 • Shane O'Mara

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March 2026

civilisations diverging

an evolutionary biological lens on the evolving global order

Mar 9 • Shane O'Mara

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Cognitive Republic Catch Up

recent pieces

Mar 6 • Shane O'Mara

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February 2026

January 2026

Beyond Magic Bullets: Alzheimer’s Needs the Right Cocktail and Timing

Modest GLP-1 signals, negative phase 3s, and amyloid drugs all point toward combination therapy. Trigger warning for antivaxxers: an Alzheimer's…

Jan 17 • Shane O'Mara

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December 2025

Two books, one theme: the modern state versus the lone operator

a paired review of a classic thriller and a monumental political biography.

Dec 23, 2025 • Shane O'Mara

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five (surprising) ideas from cognitive and social neuroscience

being idle; social pain ?= physical pain; social GPS; synchrony; unstable memories (and some bonus Alzheimer's treatment news on the way)

Dec 3, 2025 • Shane O'Mara

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