We Need to Have a Conversation about Tech Ethics
Last week in Wired, philosopher Patrick Lin argued that the arrival of autonomous vehicles, which will save on net several thousand lives per year in the US alone, is fraught with ethical dilemmas. Lin...
View ArticleDefending the Spirit of the Ideological Turing Test
An optimist might be tempted to predict that increasing awareness of the cognitive biases literature would cause a proportional increase in humility. After all, the basic message of the literature is...
View ArticleAgainst Reductionist Moral Philosophy
The typical charge against traditionalist accounts of morality is that they force us to embrace the beliefs—including the vices—of the age. After writing two pieces from the perspective of such a...
View ArticleReliability > Reliance
The importance of trust in the world of commerce is uncontroversial inside and outside of economics. So many actions have to be taken in concert with the faith that other parties will be working just...
View ArticleSovereignty Is Not Property
In arguments about open borders or immigration reform generally, the analogy of sovereignty to property is often invoked. “Should anyone who wants be allowed into your home?” the question often goes....
View ArticleThe Internet Has Enriched Us More Than Flying Cars Would Have
Flying cars were the iconic vision of our future for science fiction fans for at least half of the 20th century. At the close of that century, The Fifth Element provided a setting that perfectly...
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