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Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.
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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 25, 2024


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...
Oct 11, 2024


SNEAK PEEK: Board Game Ethics
(Stick around for a sneak peek  at my latest manifesto!) It’s been a busy week onboarding at Hopkins and continuing to get settled in...
Sep 6, 2024


How to Tell Better Narratives of Character (ft. Canceling)
Our discourse around canceling seems a bit too simplistic. But how can we do better? We’ve all done bad things we wish we could take...
Apr 12, 2024


Let a thousand flowers bloom
Last week, we saw Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry square off head-to-head. (I’ll try not to get too technical, but I wanna lay out...
Mar 15, 2024


I got a Job
First off, if you’re on the committee of a university I’ve applied to, I’m very sorry. It took me thirty minutes to figure out how to...
Mar 8, 2024


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...
Dec 29, 2023


Getting Better at Criticism
Last week, I got to hear Wycliffe Gordon play Amazing Grace live. It was awesome. And then, he pulled out his mute. No recording’s gonna...
Nov 17, 2023


We’ve confused Intrinsic & Ultimate value and it’s been a Disaster
If you’ve happened to take a course in intro ethics, you might have heard of a classic distinction between instrumental and intrinsic...
Oct 27, 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...
Oct 13, 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...
Oct 6, 2023


MVP mini-manifesto
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...
Sep 29, 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...
Sep 8, 2023


A sneak peek of our upcoming APA Talk
It all started with a question: What the hell is Andrew Tate doing? Hello @GretaThunberg I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad...
Sep 1, 2023
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