Arundhati Roy reads from her new essay ”The Pandemic is a Portal,” from her forthcoming book Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. releasing in September from Haymarket Books.

So let me get this straight: Jeff Bezos has grown his fortune by $24,000,000,000 during this pandemic, but he still can't afford to provide sick leave to all of his employees?

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Fitorja e #Biden-it na çliroi, përkohësisht, nga makthi fashist. #Trumpi nuk filloi lufta si të tjerët presidentë, por ai bëri diçka më ogurzi: e normalizoi diskursin fashist në Amerikë dhe i frymëzoi fashistët gjithandej. Dështimi i tij sjell shpresë që fashizmi nuk ka të ardhme

Nowadays philosophers would not be allowed to use Searle’s “Chinese Room” argument—not because it’s racist, but because it’s stupid.

Couldn’t resist

Rest in Peace Professor #JosephRaz

yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected]

Philosopher David Enoch (Hebrew U) arrested during protests against the government's attack on the judiciary...leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2023/03/p…

"If we are to grasp the idea of the monarch, we cannot be satisfied with saying that God has appointed kings to rule over us, since God has done everything, even the worst of things." -- Hegel

1/ If Socrates was indeed the wisest Greek, that makes large language models like #ChatGPT the most foolish systems in our societies. Here's why 🧵👇 #AIEthics

What if Putin isn't behind every bad thing and we are responsible for some of them?

“At least, I say: bear witness! The only thing that remains if we cannot resist concretely is to testify. Let's resist in our minds, let's not be fooled, let's not forget, let's have the courage to face things head-on."

Socrates famously argued that spoken philosophy is superior to written philosophy. Now, advances in our digital world, like podcasting, are bringing the philosopher’s voice to the public in a powerful way. Find out more from Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine: templeton.org/news/rediscove…

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism,” -- Hannah Arendt

Meget interessant artikkel om meritokrati i Agenda Magasin skrevet av filosof, Sead Zimeri. Han spør: "Meritokratiet går ut på at rikdom og prestisje er resultatet av talent og innsats. Betyr det da at også fattigdom er noe man fortjener?" agendamagasin.no/debatt/meritok…

Extradorinarily important lecture by 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 on his ‘Tyranny of Merit’ 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝗹𝗮. Panel brought by Tankesmien Agenda including Sead Zimeri discussing deepening inequalities, dignity of work & contemporary challenges in times of deep polarization.

I debated the merits of meritocracy with Harvard moral philosopher Michael Sandel at #UniversityAula Oslo.

open.substack.com/pub/seadzimeri…