Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Understanding Rightwing vs. Leftwing by Irfan Khawaja
[Still editing this. IK, 6/24/24] David, I’d certainly welcome your blogging more, and working out your throughts here on realism or whatever else strikes your interest. I haven’t quite lived up to my “vow of silence,” but my aim is to go relatively qu…
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(Our World in Data) LGBT+ rights have become more protected in dozens of countries, but are not recognized across most of the world
Despite progress, same-sex marriage, adoption, gender marker changes, and third genders remain unrecognized in many countries. Some have even imposed more regressive policies.
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(Our World in Data) LGBT+ rights have become more protected in dozens of countries, but are not recognized across most of the world
Despite progress, same-sex marriage, adoption, gender marker changes, and third genders remain unrecognized in many countries. Some have even imposed more regressive policies.
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(QC RSS) Should’ve Hired A Consultant
mmm spaghettification
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Greeks 4 Geeks! Geeks 4 Greeks! by Irfan Khawaja
Thanks to both of you for doing this–looking forward to it. Maybe we can use PoT to work through some of the ideas in “print.” LikeLike
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(The GiveWell Blog) The fungibility question: How does GiveWell’s funding affect other funders?
How do GiveWell’s funding decisions influence the actions of governments, funders, and other organizations? Answering this question is an important part of figuring out which global health programs are most cost-effective and thus which we should support. We’ve already written about two key factors in our cost-effectiveness estimates: the cost per person reached and the…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Runaway Train by Irfan Khawaja
Tempted to share this item with Alison: https://jacobin.com/2024/06/rail-safety-train-length-lobbying LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Albert Aghazarian, RIP by Irfan Khawaja
I was pleased to see my post mentioned in this extensive write-up on Albert Aghazarian’s life by Ibrahim Dakkak. https://www.jerusalemstory.com/en/bio/albert-aghazarian LikeLike
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army You Have
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the Romans (and anyone else who came knocking) in the third,…
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(QC RSS) Career Day
apologies to the real life Dr. Burnell
Got any book recommendations?