Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

[…] couple days ago, I wrote a post trying to capture the siege-like situation at hospitals in New Jersey. A few days ago, The New York Times published this brilliant piece describing twelve hours with […] LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Dreams can be a little garbled. It was more likely I was running from my office, and yelling at you from 100 yards’ distance to keep your distance. But hey, at least I was yelling. Social connectedness. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Actually, I take her arguments to support the ones I’ve been making about character-based voting. Political leadership requires trust, but trust requires honesty. Since you can’t have a policy blueprint for every …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Way back around March 17 (which feels like long ago), my brother sent this to me, suggesting that it was the best thing he’d read on the official response to COVID-19 up to that point. I completely agree with Tufecki&#8…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. True, “physical distancing” has some online traction, but my point is that it hasn’t yet been downloaded from the Internet into people’s minds and habits, where the action is. And the downloading pr…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Incidentally, last night I dreamed you were running for office. (What office I don’t recall.) We were standing in a parking lot chatting about it. LikeLike

“I think it’s too late to change the terminology” Well, it’s not just William Dale, though. Phrases like “physical distancing and social connectedness” or “physical distancing and social solidarity” are all ov…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. My claim about “business as usual” in academia may have been unfair or hasty. It is likely that confidential discussions were taking place about various proposals. I just learned that area institutions are serious…

I hear that some version of my proposal 3 is being considered at area universities. More when I know more. LikeLike