Category: Philosophy

  • ‘Till Death Do Us Part: Term Limits

    ‘Till Death Do Us Part: Term Limits

    Reading Time: 10 minutes Congress “Congress is too old, they don’t have a stake in the game.” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Every so often, a news article or viral video circulates showcasing a supreme court justice or congressperson struggling with age related hardships. As of writing, the focus has been on Mitch McConnell, who recently froze…

  • Being, Personhood, and Humanity

    Being, Personhood, and Humanity

    Reading Time: 14 minutes There is a philosophical fasciation of personhood. What it means to be human. What it means to have being. How and why that being takes shape. Grappling with one’s self as an opposition to another ‘self’, or basing an identity on the identity of another. The fasciation extends deeply into culture,…

  • ChatGPT & AI – The Benefits and Dangers

    ChatGPT & AI – The Benefits and Dangers

    Reading Time: 6 minutes It feels like you can’t open Twitter, read a news article, or watch a video clip without somebody mentioning ChatGPT and OpenAI’s latest innovations with artificial intelligence. You have the doomsayers, claiming that tools like ChatGPT are going to replace humans in the workforce and make schools obsolete, and you have…

  • Your Data and Building a Better World

    Your Data and Building a Better World

    Reading Time: 9 minutes These three stories depict a world in the not-so-distant future where technology has revolutionized our lives from the mundane day-to-day routines, to the broader city, state, and nationwide management of complex systems and infrastructure. Each story is meant to showcase a potential benefit of large scale data gathering and artificial intelligence…