Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

Oct 25

Consistently Biased

Hey, sorry for the late post, had to give a talk this morning! I’ve written a bit about QALYs here before, or Quality-Adjusted Life...

Oct 11

Value Complacency

This week, I sat in on a graduate-level computer science class. The instructor asked under what conditions humans and AI would be...

Sep 13

Something I HATE about Averages

If you had to summarize a statistical distribution with one number…well, I guess you could do worse than taking an average. Even so,...

Aug 16

How Coffees Get Scored

Do you know how coffees get scored? Here’s a sample espresso cupping form: Let’s talk survey methodology . This form is part of a...

Jun 21

DEEP DIVE: Simplicity and Complexity

Hi I’m a four-year-old child learning 8 new words every day. So help me out: What’s a chef? Uhh…a chef is someone who cooks food. Oh...

Dec 29, 2023

Why is Racism bad?

I recently spoke to a trained economist who argued that racism was bad, but only because it was bad for the economy. What can we say...

Oct 6, 2023

Quantitative and Qualitative Values

I’ve been working hard to get clear on the differences between quantitative and qualitative values lately. Here’s an example: If I want...

Sep 8, 2023

Game Values vs. Real-Life Values

My friend Kjell and I noticed there just aren’t enough podcasts, so we decided to help. Our first episode takes an early look at some of...

Aug 18, 2023

I got Published

Neat! You can check out a free version of my paper “Mutual Aid as Effective Altruism” here. (The final, professionally edited and typeset...

Aug 11, 2023

I got my guy!

So here’s the mind-blowing keynote for Who’s Responsible for ChatGPT? Apparently I have a very expressive face. Anyway, I’ll give you a...

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