Ethical Reckoner

ER 32: On women’s communes and the 4B movement

Or, why there is no escape, even online.

Nov 12 •

[REDUX] ER 1: On the Echo Palace and FreshDirect

Looking back at the first-ever ER as the US faces down another election.

Nov 4 •

ER 31: What is it about Orion?

Or, on the intellectual fascinations of Silicon Valley.

Oct 28 •

ER 30: On Beatlemania and OpenAI

Or, why AI companies are better thought of as bands.

Sep 30 •

[REDUX] ER 18: On the EU AI Act Grand Challenge

Or, twelve teams, ten days, and $100k.

Sep 2 •

ER 29: On the romanticization of disconnecting

Or, why I long to return to my childhood tradwife farm camp.

Aug 26 •

ER 28: Is 2024 the meme election?

Or, radios and TVs and Internet, oh my!

Jul 29 •

ER 27: On the Apple Vision Pro demo

Or, what’s going on with VR right now?

Jun 24 •

ER 26: On curling and AI governance

Or, gentleman’s agreements didn’t work for “the roaring game,” so why should we expect them to work for AI?

May 27 •

ER 25: On Sugar, Social Media, and Dopamine

Or, why social media regulation is philosophically—if not factually—in the right place.

Apr 29 •

ER 24: On Fast and Slow Takeoffs

Or, putting AI in context with microwaves.

Mar 25

ER 23: On AI Image Generation

Or, when is it ok to create diverse Nazis?

Feb 26

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