AI Ted Chiang argues an LLM chatbot is as conscious as Microsoft Word Ellsworth Toohey

Games Games matter because games don't matter, says a philosopher Ellsworth Toohey

Science Physicist says the 'hard problem of consciousness' isn't real Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The appeal of AI girlfriends isn't the AI — it's that she can't say no Mark Frauenfelder

Culture Kevin Kelly's 84 contemporary heresies, from trivial to genuinely dangerous Ellsworth Toohey

gaming The philosophical case for feeling guilty about your Minecraft dog Ellsworth Toohey

Science Douglas Rushkoff on the dinner party that turned out to be Epstein's Mark Frauenfelder

books Dolly Parton is the ideal nihilist Ellsworth Toohey

language The 1817 table that reveals how words manipulate our thinking Ellsworth Toohey

media theory In 1935, a critic predicted how mass media would enable fascism Ellsworth Toohey

Technology A digital frame that displays curated wisdom and philosophical insights Mark Frauenfelder

politics Viral video shows Jordan Peterson struggling against educated critics Grant St. Clair

psychology Are we torturing our sleeping selves? The moral rights of of dreaming innies Uri Bram

politics "Don't be certain of anything" Bertrand Russell's 1951 guide to fighting fanaticism is more relevant than ever Ellsworth Toohey

law Man stabbed to death in debate over whether chicken or egg came first Rob Beschizza

politics The WWII soldier who died fighting for the "precious ideals" of liberal arts education Yoy Luadha

philosophy Philosophical razors: cutting through life's complexities Yoy Luadha

mental health Some of my favorite quotes from Stoic philosophers Yoy Luadha

maga Bertrand Russell knew all about the MAGA threat in 1959 Yoy Luadha