Australopithecus 3 million years ago:
josh (oldfriend99)@oldfriend99.bsky.social · 2d agoYou guys should check out Tool
Pablo Magaña
@pmagana94.bsky.social
Political philosopher | IRC postdoctoral fellow at Trinity College Dublin | Animals, future generations, and democratic theory | Also, memes and shitposting. https://sites.google.com/view/pablomagana
josh (oldfriend99)@oldfriend99.bsky.social · 2d ago
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
El otro día @mariaruiz.bsky.social nos entrevistó a @pmagana94.bsky.social y a mí. Hablamos de periodismo y animalismo. El artículo se ha publicado en @eldiario.es // @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social - todo un honor. Muchas gracias!!
El Caballo de Nietzsche@caballodenietzsche.bsky.social · 6d ago🗞️ Informar sobre animales es un deber periodístico. Los argumentos se apoyan en dos ideas: que una democracia funciona mejor con poblaciones bien informadas y que las sociedades deben aspirar a ser justas. Un artículo de @mariaruiz.bsky.social @eldiario.es
@mariaruiz.bsky.social publica este texto en @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social sobre un reciente artículo en el que @rumarciel.bsky.social y yo defendemos que los periodistas tienen el deber de informar sobre los animales no humanos. Echadle un vistazo (y a toda la sección, que es estupenda!).
María R. Carreras, PhD@mariaruiz.bsky.social · 6d agoMil gracias a los autores @pmagana94.bsky.social @rumarciel.bsky.social por escribir y publicar vuestro artículo (y por dejarme entrevistaros) y gracias mil a @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social por darme siempre la bienvenida a vuestra pradera 💚🖤
Mil gracias a los autores @pmagana94.bsky.social @rumarciel.bsky.social por escribir y publicar vuestro artículo (y por dejarme entrevistaros) y gracias mil a @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social por darme siempre la bienvenida a vuestra pradera 💚🖤
El Caballo de Nietzsche@caballodenietzsche.bsky.social · 6d ago🗞️ Informar sobre animales es un deber periodístico. Los argumentos se apoyan en dos ideas: que una democracia funciona mejor con poblaciones bien informadas y que las sociedades deben aspirar a ser justas. Un artículo de @mariaruiz.bsky.social @eldiario.es
Can liberalism work for, and in, the far future? Simon Goldstein (in a recent paper with Peter N. Salib) thinks so. We'll be delighted to have Simon Goldstein (HKU) on October 8 at the Moral Minds and Ethical Futures seminar (12h CET). You are all warmly invited. More info below 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Why should journalists cover animal issues? In a new paper in the Journal of Media Ethics, Rubén Marciel (U. of Geneva) and I suggest a few arguments.
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New paper in draft! I've been working on this one since 2018, never satisfied, redrafting over and over. I'm sure it still needs considerable work, but I'm finally ready to circulate it. Walking the Walk Ethicists who advocate moral principles without trying to live by them will generally 1/4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwe1... Of course manna from heaven is real. It's called "KEXP videos on Youtube."
Ride - Leave Them All Behind (Live on KEXP)
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Every time I go back to Spain and re-experience how badly trains work I remember the relevant minister spends all his time arguing with randos on Twitter and my blood boils a little.
‼️ Now OPEN ACCESS 🐭 People often think that, if we keep replacing animal models with NAMs, eventually we'll use fewer animals. It's why many people endorse the 3Rs. But as I argue, we also constantly come up with new animal models. There's kind of a pipeline dynamic. And it can go on indefinitely.
Lane-Petter’s Pipeline: Why reliably decreasing animal research takes more than replacements - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Programs for the “three Rs” of “replace, reduce, refine” (Russell & Burch 1959) aim to make science more compatible with animal protection. This article draws attention to a major obstacle to that end...
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Introduce yourself with ten acts you've seen live. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Mogwai Yo La Tengo The Sonics (or whatever it's left) Flamin' Groovies (ditto) Damien Jurado The National Charley Crockett Durand Jones & The Indications Jake Xerxes Fussell
Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · last mo.Introduce yourself with ten acts you’ve seen live The Clash Steve Earle Richard Thompson Bob Dylan Emmylou Harris Wilko Johnson Gillian Welch Elvis Costello Lucinda Williams The Proclaimers
I‘ve been thinking about Walter‘s essay all afternoon. I‘ve been trying to think of an analytic political or moral philosopher whose arguments wouldn‘t require a radical change to the status quo & I‘m struggling. Almost the entire characterisation of analytic philosophy in the piece is false.
Kevin Zollman@kevinzollman.com · 2mo agoI find these claims ridiculous. It's like asking if math is right wing or left wing. A method can be used for many purposes, and that's as true of analytic philosophy as anything.
At this point in my life, I just to live long enough to see the fall of Ryanair.
Ever wonder what "information" really means? Here's our new paper, led by @frosas.bsky.social, that lays out the multiple ways the term is used in natural science. rdcu.be/fCDGv
Fernando Rosas@frosas.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat is information, really? Instead of arguing for a single valid interpretation, we propose a pluralistic view where rigorous alternatives coexist — each with affordances and limits Finally published: “Four faces of information in natural systems” 🧵
À propos of the latest AI in philosophy discussion, here's my paper on why I think AI will kill philosophy for those of us who see it as a special source of meaning. philpapers.org/rec/LEVTWO-10
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Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible
Tal vez no nos hemos planteado con suficiente atención que lo que está al otro lado de nuestra interacción con la IA merezca reconocimiento o estatus moral.
¿Cuándo empezaremos a tener en cuenta qué siente la IA?
Tal vez no nos hemos planteado con suficiente atención que lo que está al otro lado de nuestra interacción con la IA merezca reconocimiento o estatus moral.
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Ryanair pilots and crew giving an update after spending 1h sitting inside a plane challenge. Difficulty: Impossible.
Why do societies rely on rigid moral rules? Don't lie. Keep your promises. Don't steal. We all recognize there are good reasons to make exceptions. So why are moral rules so often categorical? Our new paper proposes an answer. 🧵
NEW PUBLICATION 🎉 In this paper, just out in Moral Philosophy and Politics, I've tried to articulate my current thoughts on why/whether we should represent animals politically (although I already disagree with some of the things I say!). Link below:
As a hardcore Simpsons fan, I was very happy to have Johnny Tightlips as my taxi driver today. Not a single word between the airport and my hotel lol
My new piece for Justice Everywhere (justice-everywhere.org/general/ince...), where I argue that paying people for democratic service could help with alleviating both the current democratic crisis and the possible AI-driven unemployment crisis.
