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Category: Public philosophy
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In our new "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Hiring committee members: How much do you care about a junior candidate's work in public philosophy? For example: if they have a large substack, go on podcasts, write at outlets like Quilette or Prindle Post, does that matter to you? My guess is…
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David Thorstad (Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford) draws my attention to his new blog, "Ineffective altruism", which advances doubts about effective altruism and longtermism. As someone who shares many of these concerns (and more), I welcome the turning of a more critical eye toward these movements. To be clear, I very much support altruism…
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"I'm working through a line of thought, a feeling and an instinct. Not an original one but not one I've fully internalized or understood yet. But the way that a need to profit runs counter to the value of the internet. A need for money broke Twitter, long before the billionaire decided to do… whatever…
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This is just a quick note that the Beyond the Ivory Tower writing workshops on public-facing academic work have opened applications for their next workshop this March. I participated in one of the Workshops this past September and recommend it very highly! Here's more from the email they sent out: Our next workshop will be…