Climate and ecological changes, as well as disruptions to the food chain, were already killing off the dinosaurs.
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The utilitarian “greatest happiness principle” has remained popular for two centuries — is it time for a rethink?
De-urbanized lifestyles can be aligned with basic Taoist principles — and remote workers are starting to feel the connection.
“Lethal autonomous weapon” sounds friendlier than “killer robot.”
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?
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Ideas that seem wildly controversial today may move humanity towards progress. Philosopher Peter Singer asks —how do we keep them from being stifled?
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Give yourself (and others) a break.
Surely they can’t be worse…can they?
Being mortal makes life so much sweeter.
Denmark’s 10 Jante Laws are grim, and yet they bring so much happiness.
Robots must identify themselves.
Harmony and moderation make for a happier life.
There is no evidence for God as a “big being.” Is God something else?
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Are anti-workers the lazy children of privilege or the brave vanguard of a utopic upheaval?
Wander into the deep recesses of the mind and never return the same with these existentialist books.
“For every PhD there is an equal and opposite PhD.”
Even with the best technology imaginable, you’d probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
We should acknowledge that there are faith-based myths running deep in science’s canon.
If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.
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The $21.5-billion project could involve tunneling hundreds of feet under Lake Geneva.
What if your best friend was an informant?
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
“Oosouji” or “big cleaning” is much more than a chance to tidy up.
We need a hypothesis that accounts for both the fine-tuning of physics for life but also the arbitrariness and gratuitous suffering we find in the world.