Cyber-Intimacies: Emotional Harms, Sexual Liberation, and Education in the Digital Age
Thanks to Madelyn Brunnengraeber and Aidan Graves at UC Santa Cruz for their help with this hybrid research project.
Emerging technology has permeated our...
Why Egalitarian Philosophers (and the Rest of Us) Should Be More Concerned About Roads
Traffic is trivial. Rules of the road are a basic necessity for a well-functioning society, but their design is largely a technical matter of...
Main Character Syndrome, or Why Everything Is Not About You
A TikToker and her followers physically push aside an older couple inconveniently in her way, claiming that they are “ruining” her selfies—and then post...
Should States Be Allowed to Sell Their Citizenship?
Many philosophers think that certain things should not be for sale. But should states sell citizenship to foreigners? Consider one recent proposal: President Donald...
Civil Capacity in the Age of Burnout
It’s been an exhausting few months. Most days, I just can’t read or think about the news. When the latest story—someone in power doing...
Are We All Hypocrites About the Rule of Law?
Charges of “that’s illegal!” don’t seem to stick across the political divide. When the left charges Trump with illegal acts, the right points out Biden’s...
Life in Plastic: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Barbie Movie
2024 has ushered in yet another wave of big-budget nostalgia. From the film adaptation of Wicked to the unstoppable Barbie juggernaut, it seems Hollywood...
The Power of Ahimsic Communication
“The law of love will work, just as the law of gravitation will work.” – Gandhi
In parts one and two of this three-part series,...
Ahimsic Communication: An Alternative to Civility
When it comes to contentious conversations, the call for civility is commonplace. Rarely do we hear a call for nonviolence in communication. This is...
Beyond Civility & Incivility
We have all heard the well-worn complaint that we live in a divided world. It is worse than that: we are divided over whether...