I was invited to write a short public-facing piece about my research for the APA (American Philosophical Association) Blog, which you can...

Another quick one while I continue my recuperatory week of doing as little as possible. I recently got to see a fascinating sequence of...

I went to an incredible talk this week by a renowned  optimizer in AI spaces. He’s worked on everything from power grids to e-commerce...

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...

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

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

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...

Hey! I’ve started reading more and more philosophy of science in the lead-up to my new postdoc in September. Today I wanna discuss a...

At a really (really) high level, performance is a function of what you bring to the table (we’ll call that talent), and and how you can...

When you go to the hospital, we rarely have the resources to treat everyone as promptly and thoroughly as we’d like. So we have to make...

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...

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...

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

I’m always fascinated by Most Valuable Player awards because I think they’re a great encapsulation of how we think about value in sports...

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...

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

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...