Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

Nov 29

Augmenting vs. Automating Away

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

Nov 22

I’ve been doing way Too Much

Whoops, I finally missed a post last week. I’ve been saying Yes a bit too often in my first few months at Hopkins. Several folks warned...

Oct 18

Pleasantly Simple Myths

“When pleasantly simple myths are discarded, the result is a mess. Endless problems need to be addressed.” —Ian Hacking, The Social...

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,...

Sep 6

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...

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...

May 24

Jazz bends Music like a Gaudí Building

I recently got to listen to a jazz concert on the roof of Antoni Gaudí’s magnificent La Pedrera. Meet the building that teaches you how...

Apr 5

Fake Experts

Recently I’ve started thinking more about the political role of experts in society. Who counts as an expert anyway? We expect a lot from...

Nov 17, 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...

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 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 25, 2023

The Politics of Age of Empires II

I’ve been playing a lot of Stellaris lately, but as a kid, the only computer game I really played much was Age of Empires II (AoE2, as in...

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