Peter Saint-Andre

Marc Andreessen once claimed that software is eating the world; is it a corollary that software is eating our humanity? philosopher.coach/2023/06/15/sof…

A few thoughts on one of my favorite musicians, pianist-composer George Winston: philosopher.coach/2023/06/07/geo…

Now available: Sal Inglima's recent interview with me about poetry translation on Boston Free Radio. mixcloud.com/openreadingbfr…

You know you've written too many IETF RFCs when your new car hits 2119 miles and you immediately think "MUST" "MAY" "SHOULD"...

Bitcoin: banking without banks. AI: intelligence without intellect. Why do we think the second will be more successful than the first?

The jabber.org server migration is done! If you see any issues, feel free to poke @stpeter

The Jabber.org IM service is planning a major server migration this weekend, January 14-15. The service may be unavailable for extended periods of time. You can view the live server status at status.jabber.org.

The obligatory post about SBF and FTX, with a philosophical twist: philosopher.coach/2022/12/08/eff…

For a TL;DR, read the blog: yaronf.svbtle.com/rfc9325-a-new-…. Many thanks to my coauthors, @stpeter and @tomas_fossati0.

Some philosophical reflections on mathematics and freedom, by way of Gödel and Zamyatin: philosopher.coach/2022/12/02/the…

What is the job of a news story? I've been wondering... philosopher.coach/2022/11/29/wha…

A few untimely thoughts on political moderation: philosopher.coach/2022/11/23/pol…

We often hear the ancient Greek adage "know thyself", but what does it really mean? philosopher.coach/2022/10/20/kno…

Agreement is overrated! philosopher.coach/2022/10/13/agr…

A interesting web-filtering strategy for knowledge. Looking forward to when they integrate scientific studies. otherweb.com

What is philosophy for? Here's my take: philosopher.coach/2022/09/25/wha…

A few thoughts on the value of studying multiple philosophies of life, not just one: philosopher.coach/2022/09/22/exp…

The Savvy Street has republished one of my old, semi-scholarly essays on Ayn Rand: thesavvystreet.com/atlas-shrugged…

I've been testing @MightyApp and it is amazingly fast!

Is it possible that the mind does not exist? Maybe: philosopher.coach/2022/08/11/the…