Impartial Priorities

Interview with April on Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Musician April shares her journey with NPD, from childhood trauma to recovery through music and vulnerability.

17 hrs ago • 

Dawn Drescher

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Narcissism, Echoism, and Sovereignism: A 4-D Model of Personality

Are narcissism and echoism opposites? Where does sovereignism (“malignant narcissism lite”) come in? I argue they are kin, just as the primal terrors of…

Oct 5 • 

Dawn Drescher

September 2025

The Narcissistic Spectrum

Pathological narcissism is a fortress built against unbearable pain. Some fortresses are sculpted from glass, some hewn from granite. My six-tier…

Sep 28 • 

Dawn Drescher

The Architecture of the Narcissistic False Self

What are the factors that make the fortress of the false self stand strong or crumble to dust?

Sep 24 • 

Dawn Drescher

The Sadism Spectrum and How to Access It

Is there a way to explain sadism? If it serves a purpose, is it still sadism? What types of sadism are there? How can you experience them?

Sep 17 • 

Dawn Drescher

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Toward Effective Hybristophilia

How to support the recovery of your incarcerated friend or partner

Sep 11 • 

Dawn Drescher

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August 2025

How to Donate to Alleviate Suffering in Gaza

Gemini 2.5's best guesses on how to help effectively: UNRWA, B’Tselem, +972 Magazine.

Aug 10 • 

Dawn Drescher

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With the Future of the World in Your Hands, Think for 6.77 Years!

How long should you think about a problem that could determine the future of all existence? A mathematical journey from simple bets to existential…

Aug 9 • 

Dawn Drescher

Beyond Control: The Strategic Case for AI Rights

To prevent a dangerous conflict with AI, the answer isn't more control – it's a social contract. The pragmatic case for granting AIs legal rights.

Aug 7 • 

Dawn Drescher

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Evidential Cooperation as a Black Box

What if there’s finally a way to answer ethics’ age old question of how one should act? What if we can cooperate with countless beings to generate…

Aug 1 • 

Dawn Drescher

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July 2025

Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Tyranny: How Psychological Wounds Shape History

A developmental perspective on authoritarian leadership and how we can build more resilient societies

Jul 15 • 

Dawn Drescher

May 2025

Summary of Replacing Guilt

A Notebook LM summary of Nate Soares’s book, which advocates for replacing guilt with more effective tools such as intrinsic drive, cold resolve, or hot…

May 9 • 

Dawn Drescher

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