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Libertarian Roots Revisited
In my last two essays, I looked first rightward and then leftward for insights into the challenges we face and how best to surmount them. Now I’ll look…
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Thoughts on Techno-optimistic Socialism
In my last essay, I discussed some currents of opinion on the contemporary political right that offer important insights into the nature of our present…
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Life under "an immense and tutelary power"
I have written already about contemporary trends that increase the risk of a descent into tyranny. Given the ongoing marginalization of ordinary workers…
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August Lull
I was hoping to stick with my weekly publishing schedule this month but life has interfered. This week I’m playing host to one of my sons and his…
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Revalorizing the Frontier
In my recent essay on our growing predilection for virtual experience over the real thing, I ended with a question. The problem, I said, isn’t our…
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What Are Humans For?
The rapid gains this past year in generative AI have reawakened anxieties over mass job losses — anxieties that have flared up recurrently over the…
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Choosing the Experience Machine
In Anarchy, State, and Utopia, the philosopher Robert Nozick posed the following now-famous thought experiment: Suppose there were an experience machine…
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The Permanent Problem
The Permanent Problem
the quest to "live wisely and agreeably and well"
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