MacIntyre and “The Moral Masks of Modernity”[i]: The Ethical Shortcomings of Pretenders

If a person does good things, but thinks only bad ones, can that person be good? Can we, […]

The Next Great Discovery in Mathematics Could Be Yours: Crowdsourcing a Proof of Goldbach’s Conjecture

When we learn about unsolved problems, no matter the discipline, we are generally indoctrinated into the patterns of […]

Notably Decent Indie Rock: Meet the Counterfactuals

ToM Best of 2013 There’s something very charming about the thought of a band of philosopher-musicians. Enter the […]

Is White the Only Color in Upstream Color?

Maybe the title of Upstream Color primed me to be thinking about race from the film’s start, or maybe, given […]

In Praise of Introductions

Some people will tell you to skip a book’s introduction so that you might form a first impression […]

How Do Different States Allocate Their Electoral Votes?

It’s a bit off-season to be discussing the electoral college, but last fall I made some notes on […]

Bitcoin Under the Liberal Microscope: How It Really Works and Why It Does Matter

[Editor’s Note: For more of Cherie Braden’s analysis of similar subjects like prediction markets, see The Wisdom of […]

The Wisdom of Profiteers: Prediction Markets and Democracy

[Editor’s Note: For more of Cherie Braden’s analysis of new financial instruments/developments, see Bitcoin Under the Liberal Microscope: […]