Archive - Ordinary Events

The right to protection from catastrophic AI risk

Epistemic status: Highly speculative. The White House seeks an AI Bill of Rights. What are the guiding philosophical principles of such rights? Can we…

Apr 9, 2022 •

February 2022

Air pollution is really bad

Let’s invest in better understanding its impact in order to save lives.

Feb 5, 2022 •

May 2021

The Moral Worth of Future Humans

A gentle introduction to long-term thinking

May 21, 2021 •

March 2021

What's in a soul, anyway?

Or, "Aristotelian Ethics: Super Chill for the 1%"

Mar 9, 2021 •

February 2021

The Texas snowpocalypse hits close to home.

Feb 25, 2021 •

Why Platonic epistemology is a bad model

Feb 14, 2021 •

The Quality of Socrates' Argument

In a word: lacking.

Feb 9, 2021 •

Plato vs. GOP (part 2)

What is justice, anyway?

Feb 5, 2021 •

Where Republicans go wrong, according to The Philosopher.

Feb 2, 2021 •

January 2021

Welcome to Ordinary Events!

An extraordinary blog

Jan 30, 2021 •

November 2020

Plato's High-Minded Authoritarianism

Or, "The Importance of Choosing Wise Rulers (Wisely)"

Nov 16, 2020 •

September 2020

"Fishes and Whirlwinds, Religion and Morality"

Philosophy's turn from science toward "man"

Sep 19, 2020 •

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