Pleasantly Simple Myths
“When pleasantly simple myths are discarded, the result is a mess. Endless problems need to be addressed.” —Ian Hacking, The Social...
top of page
Rapid Fire
Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.
Search
Jun 7
I’m shining the Bat-Signal
Maybe you’ve seen my Work-in-Progress talk on AI and the Future of Work. Maybe you even liked it! If so, I have good news: In less than a...
Apr 26
Debate Mode
philosophy is not just about questions, concepts, and arguments, but is also about idioms —Raymond Geuss I’ve been meaning to write some...
Apr 19
What makes You think you’re so Special? (a reluctant defense of X-Risk)
I spent this past week at The Midwest Ethics Symposium on AI presenting my research and meeting lots of great folks from academia and...
Mar 29
My talk on Superintelligence and Suicide
This week I gave a Zoom talk as part of the AI Futures Work-in-Progress Series at Indiana University (a thing I totally started but it’s...
Oct 13, 2023
Someone could get it Wrong
I had a really interesting conversation about art criticism this week. So here we go: What does it mean to be great at jazz? Look, I know...
Sep 22, 2023
On being taken Seriously
Now that I’m back in Bloomington for a while, everyone has a ton of advice on how to present myself on the academic job market so that...
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...
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....
Apr 7, 2023
Here's my dissertation in 9 minutes
From a comedic storytelling showcase at Jackalope Theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Feb 24, 2023
The All-Star Game is Bullshit
that is the worst basketball game ever played...a tough game to sit through, I'm not gonna lie. —Western All-Star Coach Mike Malone In...
bottom of page