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the ends don't justify the means

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    on AI, desire, and fictional characters (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    would you quit sleeping? (opens the original)

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    This is the thirteenth in my series of short, quickly written, weekly philosophy essays.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1086" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch

  3. Issue · Sep 12, 2026

    why ‘pacing the frontier’? (opens the original)

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    This is the twelfth in my series of short, quickly written, weekly philosophy essays.1 <source type="image/w

  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    why liberalism doesn’t mean ‘anything goes’ (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    the unspoken problem of hugging face (opens the original)

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    This is the eleventh in my series of short, quickly written, weekly philosophy essays.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1086" src="https://sub

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