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Nov
Unstated Cruxes in Migration Debates
Migration is a fairly big issue. Let's say you have a fairly simple questions. "Are migrants net
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20
Oct
Recollection of a Dinner Party
It’s early. 0100. I’ve just come home from walking a guest at my latest party to her bus
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21
Jul
Ethics can still be valuable if you're a moral anti-realist
I had a conversation at a party a few days ago. I was talking about ethics to a guy. He
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14
Jul
Citizen Sleeper Review
I spent a while playing citizen sleeper. Finished it. I wasn’t too impressed. It’s basically a very simple
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12
Apr
Misc Thoughts on Preference Falsification, AI 2027 and Council Spending
I’m not too sure what to write about this week. I think instead of trying to find a single
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24
Mar
Growth is Morally Good
Many people place a low value on further economic growth. I think this is largely a result of status-qou bias
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10
Mar
Killing Babies Is Not Especially Bad
(N.B: This is much more about personhood than abortion or anything culture war-y)
There’s this weird thing in
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24
Feb
Privacy may matter due to compromat
When I was growing up there was a scandal around Snowden and mass surveillance programs run by democratic countries against
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17
Feb
Freedom Of Conscience & Work: Part 1
Over the years I’ve thought a fair bit about political discrimination, especially in the economic sphere. I always found
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13
Jan
Pre-commitment vs Akrasia
In engineering a thing you learn very early is that solving problems is okay but not having them in the
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