Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
The astronomer Carl Sagan is one of my intellectual heroes, and one of the great secularists of the twentieth century. Almost ten years ago, I posted this video of his—one of the most moving short videos I’ve ever seen. Its message so resonates in our troubled times. Continue reading The Pale Blue Dot
Preeminent scientists are warning about serious threats to human life in the not-distant future, including climate change and superintelligent computers. Most people don’t care. Continue reading Superintelligence and The End of Humanity
I saw an optometrist this week for an eye condition. I am so fortunate to have access to great health care, in fact, to the best health care in the history of the human species to this point. (The future will, hopefully, give us even better medicine.) I always thank my doctors for having been at the top of their class, and for being accepted into and graduating from medical school. Continue reading Modern Medicine: A Monument To Reason
Vincent van Gogh in watercolour created by generative AI software
There is a new way to do philosophy—asked a specialized ChatGPT program for all the arguments and counter-arguments on a given issue. Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy