Sharing this piece that i am deeply grooving with rn and feels pertinent to a lot of our engagements and attempts at creating and supporting social and political movements. How norms shape possibilities and how are imbricated within them? Aeon Magazine

Explaining algorithm aversion. The value of a philosophy education. Whether motherhood is a transformative experience. New philosophy video game. The historical context of 'paradigm shift'. Moral progress & feelings. New feminist philosophy podcast... dailynous.com/2024/06/24/min…

New post! (ht: Daniel Kelly, @evan_westra, Aeon Magazine) smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/why-is-moral…

The awesome Val Tiberius, doing her thing psyche.co/ideas/a-philos…

Excellent guest post on moral progress, responding to my critique, by @evan_westra and Daniel Kelly smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/potato-potah…

@evan_westra & I reply to Paul Bloom's post on our essay on norm psychology and social change -- we agree some norm changes *are* more annoying than others, but don't think the differences are best understood in terms of moral/non-moral features smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/potato-potah…

I’ve been awarded a Mid-Career Award from the National Science Foundation! 3 years of support to “Build a Conceptual Ecology of the Engram” - from Semon to contemporary cellular and molecular neuro - and the opportunity to work with Sheena Josselyn and Paul Frankland to make it happen

‘Awkwardness highlights the fact that our interactions are scripted. Its aversiveness shows the extent to which people prefer not to be reminded of this fact.’ We should take awkwardness less personally, and more seriously @alexplakias aeon.co/essays/we-shou…

Awkwardness alerts us to the fact that our social norms are under construction. aeon.co/essays/we-shou…

I'm also excited to do the first public event for the book next week in Vienna, organized by the CEU events.ceu.edu/2025-04-30/som…

Love the cover AND the book - Somebody Should Do Something will be a new guide for making social change happen :)

"A must-read for anyone interested in escaping the demoralizing effects of pessimism, in favor of defining their own role in fighting for social change." —Thomas J. Davis, Library Review The first review is a good one and the book website is live! sites.google.com/view/somebodys…

Brownstein, M., Madva, A. & Kelly, D. (2025). Somebody should do something. MIT Press. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049788/… 社会を変えるにあたって重要なことは、「個人と社会構造」みたいな枠組みで考えないこと、そして個人が個人であることをちょっと減らすことだ。いいこと言うじゃん。

Creating real social change is possible if we rethink our approach. 📘 Somebody Should Do Something (The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social ), co-authored by John Jay College Professor & Chair of Philosophy Michael Brownstein, is now available for pre-order: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049788/….

We’re excited to welcome Professors Michael Brownstein & Alex Madva on our next podcast! They share insights from their new book Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change - tackling bias, justice, climate, & more.

My interview with social change experts and philosophy professors Michael Brownstein, Dan Kelly, and Alex Madva on their fantastic new book Somebody Should Do Something. A must read if you’re thinking about big social problems, how they change, and what you can do