Why you should consider donating to the Singularity Institute (I did!)
I’ve been on the fence for awhile about whether the Singularity Institute is worth donating to. I alluded to my uncertainty in my post on Kony 2012. I finally made my first donation just now. Two...
View ArticleThe parable of the insane king, and other strangeness in the Book of Matthew...
Previously in the series: Genesis and Exodus, Leviticus through Deuteronomy, Joshua through Psalms, Proverbs through Song of Songs, Isaiah through Ezekiel, Daniel through Malachi. I’m now tweeting my...
View ArticleAgainst worrying about what kind of person would do that
Scott Alexander is on a virtue ethics kick at his blog. One comment that really stuck at me: I haven’t read MacIntyre, so I don’t know how good his arguments are, or how close his understanding of...
View ArticleDe-cluttering is not effective altruism: review of Jeff Shinabarger’s More or...
When my contact at Patheos forwarded me an e-mail about the book club Patheos was going to be doing on Jeff Shinabarger’s book More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity, I was excited....
View ArticleWarren Buffett’s son is almost completely wrong about charity
I first encountered this article by Warren Buffett’s son Peter Buffett in a pair of tweets by Mistress Matisse, complaining about the implication that making condoms available is a bad thing. But it...
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