Fred GuerinJun 24, 20192 minOn Being WrongA philosopher-friend of mine wrote an interesting piece on how the stupid of the world see anyone with moderate intelligence or critical...
Fred GuerinJun 24, 20193 minOn AI Sex DollsFebruary 12/2019 In his Metamorphosis the Roman poet Ovid tells the story of Pygmalion, a sculptor who fell in love with a female statue...
Fred GuerinJun 24, 20194 minDouglas Rushkoff on How to be 'Team Human'In a TED Talk last September (2018) media theorist Douglas Rushkoff argues that in our present digital technological age humans are no...
Fred GuerinJun 24, 201910 minThe Magical Invisibility Cloak Utilitarianism Wears in the Age of Neoliberal CapitalismIn a philosophy seminar many years ago I called utilitarian ethics ‘the moral view from nowhere’. Like so many smart-ass undergrads I was...