Adding philosophical depth to anything and everything
“We’re from the Corporation, and we’re here to help.” (Source: Piqsels) I’ve wondered how best to understand AI. No, not the actual tech; AI is still just recursive computer programs and glorified search engines. I’m interested in the social fallout of AI marketing hype, the future of AI and the impending […]
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Corporatization is diluting higher education By a remarkable stroke of good fortune, I get to teach university courses online and live and travel wherever I want. Online instruction can never be as good as in-person classes, but online courses can be very good IF administrators and tech corporations don’t insert […]
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The two cursed cohorts have reached college and they are struggling In my two decades of teaching university courses, I’ve never seen more students have more struggles than in the last two years. That’s especially the case this current year. I have a suspicion as to why this is. One […]
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A symptom of a deeper malady (Source: Piqsels) What is hate? Most people would say it’s anger or prejudice. Those are good answers, but they only touch the surface. Hate isn’t just anger; it is different from a response to being wronged by someone. We’re talking about the kind of emotions […]
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In my years of teaching college courses, I’ve never seen more students struggle so much as in the last two years. That’s especially the case this current year . I have a suspicion as to why this is. One can’t consider everyone in any group as being the same, but there […]
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My spouse was looking at the label of a very old stuffed toy from her childhood. There it was, the ILGWU label. The song in the TV commercial from our childhood immediately sprang to our minds. “Look for the union label …” Here is that commercial from 1978. “. . . when you […]
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The concept of “Christian” nationalism has been in the news lately. That’s understandable given how often and how much certain groups are pushing the belief that America is a Christian nation and even that it should be an exclusively Christian nation. At least, that’s what they say on their external […]
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My recent article, “The Problem Isn’t Men, It’s Bros,” has been popular with readers, though not with the gatekeepers because I dared to mention tech bros. I won’t repeat the earlier article but will extend it here. I realized a day after the first article that I had forgotten to […]
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Deconstructing prejudice A recent exposé of the male-only Garrick Club in London has shone a light on an age-old feature of human society. People will understandably zero in on Garrick’s male-only membership, but I argue that the issue is less that it is a group restricted to males than it […]
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One can apply philosophy to anything and everything. Even this topic. Approaching everyday phenomena with a philosophical attitude helps us understand ourselves. Dying one’s hair is acting to change one’s appearance. Why would someone do that? One is covering over one’s natural fair color with an artificial color. That much […]
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