HeyJaredRoss Harvey
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ROSS HARVEY | Coalition politics provide a way out of our prisoner’s dilemma (opens the original)
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Imagine you are arrested for a crime you did not commit. A friend is arrested at the same time for the same crime and is also innocent. You are held in detention separately and told that if you confess, your sentence will be radically reduced. If you deny guilt and your friend confesses, you will receive the maximum sentence. There is, of course, a slight chance that both of you deny the crime and receive no sentence. However, the risk is that your friend will confess, which will implicate you.
ROSS HARVEY | On lying and arguing from the extreme to the general (opens the original)
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“If a Nazi soldier arrived at your door (during World War 2) and demanded to know whether you were hiding fugitives (assuming you were), how should you respond? Is it right to lie?” This is a question we were asked early in an undergraduate class in moral philosophy. The ensuing conversation will stay with me forever. For most of us, the instinctual response is “yes”. The question, assuming we agree that truth-telling is a generally preferable way to conduct ourselves morally, is why we make thi
ROSS HARVEY | On letter-writing pathologies and critical thinking (opens the original)
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Growing up, one of the things I most looked forward to was picking up the Sunday Times after church, especially to read the regular columnists. I made it a habit after a debate with my father in which he concluded — perhaps with mild frustration — “it’s hard to argue with you if you haven’t read.” Indeed, I had strong opinions without much substantiation. Today’s yelling matches on social media reflect exactly that. The algorithms are perfectly designed to tap into the worst biases in our psyche
ROSS HARVEY | Guardian Angel Trust empowers youth through conservation work (opens the original)
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It is no secret that South Africa is facing serious headwinds. Statistics South Africa reports that youth unemployment among 25- to 34-year-olds is at 40.6%. Labour absorption into the economy is low across the board. Possessing a tertiary qualification is hardly a job guarantee. The data shows convergence in job-finding rates between tertiary graduates and those with lower levels of education. Poverty rates remain stubbornly high, and inequality continues to grow. Economic growth is anaemic and
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