Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

[…] Back on July 25th, I took issue with Jason Brennan’s claim that […] LikeLike

Back on July 25th, I took issue with Jason Brennan’s claim that …in general, in legal contracts, even when there is language to the contrary, parties do not acquire the right to unilaterally revise the conditions. This claim, I argued, is close to the reverse of the truth. Most employment in the US is employment-at-will.…

In reply to Suleman Khawaja. True. I guess I have a hard time taking as hard a line on social media as you. So Facebook and Instagram are now off the table, but we all still have camera rolls full of pictures. To quote Axl Rose, “Where do we go, …

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You forget that in the interest of sustainability, I did spend one whole decade out of the family. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I kept trying to write this hilarious prank comment saying that I’d found the photo, and then reproducing “The Oath of the Horatii” below, but fucking WordPress won’t let me do it. LikeLike

…has made me acutely aware of the wages of wasted time. So I’m guessing that four decades of Khawaja family drama didn’t do it for you? LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “The comparison between what it was in the early 1990s and what it is now is actually rather painful.” A number of institutions seem to be following a similarly regrettable trajectory. I hear through the vínviðr …

In reply to Suleman Khawaja. Its benefits are illusory, because there is, by design, 10 times as much noise as signal. It captivated the world for a while, but it’s time for it to be relegated to its rightful place in history, as a cultural phase. Dud…