Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

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...

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...

No blog post BUT...

Come check out Who’s Responsible for ChatGPT?, the free Zoom conference Cargile and I have been organizing for months! It starts...

Protagonists aren’t always Good Guys

i was hoping that the oppenheimer movie would inspire a generation of kids to be physicists but it really missed the mark on that. let's...

Twilight Imperium and Instrumental Convergence

I got to play Twilight Imperium last weekend and I was so powerful I didn’t know what to do. I like to describe Twilight Imperium as 8...

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”...

Efficient and Effective

Just a quick dive into a useful distinction, because these aren’t the same: Effectiveness is all about outcomes. (You know, effects.)...

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...

Terraforming Mars and Intergenerational Politics

If I’ve seen you in the past month or so, I’ve probably talked you into playing Terraforming Mars, currently the 6th highest ranked board...

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