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Rapid Fire
Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.
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I had to write a research statement about what I’m working on. Here’s my first draft.
Let me know what you think! I'm still figuring out how to summarize my research program and instill confidence I’ll be a “productive”...
Jun 30, 2023


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...
Jun 9, 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 26, 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 12, 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...
May 5, 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 28, 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....
Apr 14, 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...
Mar 31, 2023
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