You Might Debate It — If You Could See It

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

Reconsider

On the discipline of thinking, debating, and reconsidering before committing.

We argue badly, and nothing accumulates. How could we do better? | Reason Commons — Issue Trees & Logical Thinking Process

Millions of people argue every day about the things that matter most — climate change, what to do about AI, how we might build a better world. Some of it is sharp, even insightful. And almost none of it accumulates.

It's Going to Be Okay

Let's pause and discuss this for a minute.

Andreas De Block on Twitter / X

It took Nature three years to publish this rebuttal, which clearly demonstrates the fundamental flaws in the original paper. In the meantime, the paper's conclusions influenced scientific debate and policy decisions. Such delays in correcting flawed research do real damage. https://t.co/QI3Ei3PE70— Andreas De Block (@DeblockBlock) August 13, 2026

Why Should I Trust You?

News Commentary Podcast · Updated Weekly · Bold, unfiltered, and uncompromisingly honest, Why Should I Trust You?  is a weekly podcast that looks at the breakdown in trust for science and public health. It drops every Thursday, with occasional…

Make AI Boring Again (xpost)

On the ethics of engagement, the problem with purity politics, and a world worth fighting for Crossposted from here.    I am a contrarian who likes to argue and complain a lot. Because of this…

Rx #4: Composting a Paradigm

"There are no sure bets for the times ahead of us; all we have are long shots.

A Letter on Justice and Open Debate

July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality and […]

Enough Debate about the AI Jobpocalypse. We Need To Plan for the Messy Middle.

Caught between arguments of abundance and apocalypse, economist Molly Kinder explores what workers can expect in the near future — and what we can do about it.

My Objections to "We’re All Gonna Die with Eliezer Yudkowsky" — LessWrong

Introduction I recently watched Eliezer Yudkowsky's appearance on the Bankless podcast, where he argued that AI was nigh-certain to end humanity. Sin…

Should Philosophy Retire?

Richard Rorty thought philosophy’s days were numbered and spent most of his career explaining why.

The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Where Do We Go From Here?

This is a long article, so I've broken it up into a series of posts, listed below. You can also read the full work as a PDF or EPUB.