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Year: 2015

    The Perfect Moral Storm: Philosophers Respond to the Impending Anthropogenic Apocalypse

    Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
    For at least the next 200 years, weather forecasts predict shitstorms, with global temperatures now set to remain elevated for hundreds of years to come. The latest IPCC report explains that our emissions are nearing the point of no return. Even if industrialized nations switched to solar power overnight, it is now too late to fully reverse the planet’s course. Geologists have officially termed this new epoch, where the human species has irreparably shaped earth’s geological history, the Anthropocene. Policymakers no longer have the luxury to decide how we might “stop” global warming. Instead, we have to figure out how we’ll manage amidst climate instability.
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    Environmental Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy, Philosophy Blog, Politics, Social & Political Philosophy | No Comments »


    20 Cognitive Biases 20 Cognitive Biases

    Sunday, September 20th, 2015

    An iconic taxonomy of bias.

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    Knowledge, Miscellaneous | No Comments »


    Mushrooms I’ve Known

    Monday, August 24th, 2015

    Vermont forest shroom shots.

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    Miscellaneous, Wild Things | Comments Off on Mushrooms I’ve Known


    Ilya Yefimovich Repin's painting, Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870-73). The Birthday Dirge

    Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

    What is “The Birthday Dirge”? “The Birthday Dirge” is sung to the tune of “The Volga Boatmen”. If you don’t know the tune by name, you know it by sound. It’s the depressing sounding Russian folk tune that nearly everyone…

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    Music, Poems Birthday | No Comments »


    Surviving a Police Encounter: A Guide for Non-whites in America

    Saturday, April 11th, 2015
    Non-white? Waiting for justice? While you wait, here are some “Dos and Don’ts” should you encounter police:“Surviving a Police Encounter: A Guide for African Americans,” by Christopher Keelty
    Politics Police, Racism | Comments Off on Surviving a Police Encounter: A Guide for Non-whites in America


    "Plato," by Mitch Francis Plato’s Republic (reading five)

    Friday, April 10th, 2015
    Philosophy, Texts Plato | Comments Off on Plato’s Republic (reading five)


    Rights: The bureaucracy of ethics

    Friday, April 3rd, 2015

    Okay, “Rights: The bureaucracy of ethics” is an album title, not a band name. I admit it.

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    God, from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel fresco. Can The Existence of God be Proved?

    Sunday, March 29th, 2015
    Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Texts | Comments Off on Can The Existence of God be Proved?


    Mr. X by Carl Sagan

    Saturday, March 28th, 2015
    Politics Cannabis | Comments Off on Mr. X by Carl Sagan


    "John Stuart Mill," by Mitch Francis Mill’s “On Liberty”

    Friday, March 27th, 2015
    Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Texts Mill | Comments Off on Mill’s “On Liberty”


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