The Philosophy of Space: The Value of Private Space Activity
I can’t believe the Neanderthals weren’t intrigued by the stars. I’d go further and assume this about everyone before and since the Neanderthals, too!...
Comedy’s Phenomenology
My research dwells at the intersections of philosophy, comedy, and politics. I am particularly interested in the liberatory and revolutionary potential of comedy. But,...
Valuation Pipelines in AI
Let’s be honest. The last AI conference you attended was probably littered with ethical buzzwords (fairness, privacy, accountability, transparency, safety…) whose actual meanings are...
On Grand Strategy: A Transdisciplinary Analysis of its Interplay with Human Nature, National Security...
The late American diplomat and grand strategist Henry Kissinger once said, “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they...
Navigating the Ethics and Ontology of Human Neuron-Microchip Biocomputers
Have you ever played the 1970’s-era arcade game Pong? It’s basically primitive computer tennis: you hit a moving dot back and forth across the...
Brain Rot: Are We Rotting Our Minds in the Digital Age?
In the 21st century, terms considered marginal or colloquial are gaining unexpected cultural relevance. One of these is "brain rot", a term originally used...
George Santos and the Cunning of Reason
When reproached for explicitly identifying as Jewish in front of the Republican Jewish Coalition, at a campaign event in Florida, and on his campaign...
History, Hospitals, and Health Disparities
In the early days of COVID-19, I was a bioethics fellow at Johns Hopkins, and I became involved with several efforts to evaluate the...
The Multiverse May Not Remove the Need for a Personal Creator
Scientists agree that the universe was in a hot, dense period approximately 13.8 billion years ago. Everything we have observed, from the Cosmic Microwave...
What is “Justice”? For Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, It’s Complicated
He shattered my cell phone…I just kind of knew the situation was going to escalate, I didn’t know if the police were coming, so...