Writing
A curated index of essays on moral philosophy, AI governance, epistemic resilience, geopolitics, and possible minds.
Pope Leo XIV has been returning to a single, insistent theme recently: our technological and economic lives are not morally neutral. They are places of vocation and discernment. I’ve been weighing this for a while....
Read essayThe “Singularity” refers to a tipping point in human affairs; a stretch of time when technology changes so quickly, and with such strange side-effects, that our usual ways of predicting and steering the future stop...
ReadWithin this framework, a romantic relationship is rightly understood as a place of delight. Beloveds may receive one another with enthusiasm and sincerity, and romantic and erotic desire may deepen without shame. Sex,...
ReadSonnets 29 and 66 are favourites of mine. I keep running into them, which sometimes makes me wonder whether I like them because they’re genuinely good or because I’ve seen them so often. Familiarity isn’t merit, but it...
ReadToday the British Government announced it will extend bereavement leave to parents who experience miscarriage before 24 weeks — the same point at which the law recognises a pregnancy loss as a stillbirth. This is...
ReadPARIS, once the epicentre of genuine revolutionary fervour, now plays host to technocratic pageantry. The world descended on the Grand Palais for the AI Action Summit. Little action was taken. ## Laodicea A summit is a...
ReadIn early 2024, the central strategic question is no longer whether global trade is interconnected, but where it is thin. The world economy still presents itself as a network, yet under stress it behaves more like a...
ReadI believe Trump’s political durability is best explained by his capacity to exploit structural weaknesses in the modern media ecosystem – weaknesses that normally discipline, and sometimes terminate, political careers....
ReadThe U.K., among others, is pushing forwards against COVID-19 with an emphasis on ‘common sense’. This is a *potentially* dangerous and wily approach to public health strategies. Common sense is a vertebra in the...
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