Justice for Assholes (and why we need Utopias)
I’ve been putting together a syllabus called Utopias that draws from a bunch of fields (philosophy, literature, anthropology…) to try to...
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Rapid Fire
Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.
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May 26, 2023
Being a Coach
I don’t love talk of ‘smart’ or ‘high IQ’ basketball. I got to coach a youth basketball team recently, and it was awesome. For a lot of...
May 12, 2023
I'm on Twitch now
So here's an argument: In Utopia, our practical problems would be solved. (There'd be nothing we had to do.) But if we sat around all...
May 5, 2023
"More good is better than less good"
Here's a bad question: How many people should there be? Uh oh. That's renowned Oxford moral philosopher Derek Parfit, by the way. I shall...
Apr 28, 2023
The Problem of Alien Minds
How do you know that I have a mind? If we’ve never met, you’re engaging with text on the internet in a world with ChatGPT-4. But...
Apr 14, 2023
Shit and Bullshit jobs
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share....
Mar 31, 2023
Writing with ChatGPT
Let's talk about games. Do you know the difference between purposes and goals? The goal of a game is the target we aim at during the...
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