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Read this korrent: On balance there has not been a better time in history for philosophy than the Internet age.
On balance there has not been a better time in history for philosophy than the Internet age.
Last stated 8 years ago
15 Nov 2018
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Nigel Warburton — holds since 2018-11-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Internet gives a forum to philosophical topics that some philosophy departments neglect. — tap to centre the map on it
The Internet gives a forum to philosophical topics that some philosophy departments neglect.
Last stated 8 years ago
15 Nov 2018
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Nigel Warburton — holds since 2018-11-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The abuse some women philosophers have received online is worrying. — tap to centre the map on it
The abuse some women philosophers have received online is worrying.
Last stated 8 years ago
15 Nov 2018
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Nigel Warburton — holds since 2018-11-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: On almost any metric, the past was not a better time to be alive. — tap to centre the map on it
On almost any metric, the past was not a better time to be alive.
Last stated 3 years ago
8 Dec 2023
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Annie Duke — holds since 2023-12-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Renaissance and early modern period were not a better time to be alive than the Middle Ages they are said to have rescued Europe from. — tap to centre the map on it
The Renaissance and early modern period were not a better time to be alive than the Middle Ages they are said to have rescued Europe from.
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Apr 2025
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Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We are living in a golden age for public philosophy. — tap to centre the map on it
We are living in a golden age for public philosophy.
Last stated 8 years ago
15 Nov 2018
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Nigel Warburton — holds since 2018-11-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The internet is already past peak truth, and picking out training data worth learning from will only get harder. — tap to centre the map on it
The internet is already past peak truth, and picking out training data worth learning from will only get harder.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current era is the best time there has ever been to be alive in human history. — tap to centre the map on it
The current era is the best time there has ever been to be alive in human history.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
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Packy McCormick — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Understanding the history of ideas is incredibly valuable in teaching — tap to centre the map on it
Understanding the history of ideas is incredibly valuable in teaching
Last stated 4 years ago
3 Mar 2023
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Michael Mauboussin — holds since 2023-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it — tap to centre the map on it
A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it
Last stated 3 years ago
12 Oct 2023
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-10-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Last stated 3 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it
A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done.
Last stated 5 years ago
28 Jan 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 4 months ago
19 Jun 2026
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Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
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Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it
A deep life is a good life
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Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Last stated a year ago
10 Oct 2025
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. — tap to centre the map on it
9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Sept 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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