The Nature of Health and Disease in Clinical Settings
Consider a 50-year-old man named Doug who notices that his energy level and libido are lower than they used to be. He feels something...
Doing What’s Done
Say what you like against civilization, it comes in dashed handy in a crisis like this. It may be a purely artificial code that...
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...