The epistemology of Tiny Train World
When I was learning philosophy in the late 1990s, it seemed very important to figure out the limits of tolerance […]
The Armchair Scriptdoctor’s Library
Netflix has changed the incentives for watching bad films. With a monthly flat fee, they encourage you to take a […]
The Deal of the Art
Inside the enormous exhibition hall containing the annual Basel art fair, at the Victoria Miro Gallery booth, a young couple […]
Pastry, stress, and software engineering
At the halfway point of preparing pastry or cake for the oven, it always looks like a bowl of shit. […]
Matthew Yglesias’s knee and the future of human civilisation
A doctor’s appointment illustrates what’s gone wrong with technology, and how we might fix it.
The Trolley Problem’s Problems
A pile of recent studies have used the Trolley Problem to think about the ethics of autonomous cars, and (I […]