TfE: Moral Logic, the Diversity of Nature, and the Nature of Diversity
Here are some thoughts from a twitter thread a little while back, which expand on some of the ideas in my post about moral logic. Here’s the initial thought: Before all else I stan: ought implies can....
View ArticleTfE: Immanentizing the Eschaton
Here’s a thread from a little while back in which I explain the outline of my critique the (theological) assumptions implicit in much casual thinking about artificial intelligence, and indeed,...
View ArticleTfE: The Politicisation Pipeline
Here’s a thread from a few weeks ago reacting to the controversy that unfolded surrounding Natalie Wynn‘s twitter remarks on the complexities of asking for pronouns in certain contexts. This was...
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TfE: Sincerity vs. Honesty
I often talk about the virtue of sincerity, and how important it is to me. There’s even a section of my book devoted to disputing Harman’s interpretation of sincerity as authenticity (‘being oneself’)...
View ArticleTfE: Corrupting the Youth
Here’s a twitter thread from earlier today, articulating some of my thoughts about the philosophy of games in general, and the nature of tabletop roleplaying games more specifically. Here’s a rather...
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TfE: Information and Energy
Here’s another bit of spontaneous Facebook philosophy, responding to a post by my friend Carl Sachs. The following thoughts are largely inspired by Samson Abramsky‘s majestic ‘Information, Processes...
View ArticleTfE: Incompetence, Malice, and Evil
Here’s a thread from Saturday that seemed to be quite popular. It explains a saying that I’ve found myself reaching for a lot recently, using some other ideas I’ve been developing in the background on...
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TfE: From Cyberpunk to Infopunk
I have a somewhat tortured relationship to literary and cultural criticism. I think that, like most people, some of my most complex and nuanced opinions are essentially aesthetic. I’ve written quite a...
View ArticleTfE: Turing and Hegel
Here’s a thread on something I’ve been thinking about for a few years now. I can’t say I’m the only one thinking about this convergence, but I like to think I’m exploring it from a slightly different...
View ArticleTfE: Varieties of Rule Following
Here’s a thread from a few weeks ago, explaining an interesting but underexplored overlap between a theoretical problem in philosophy and a practical problem in computer science: Okay, it looks like...
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