Love & Philosophy

#83 Wisdom Gates: Paradox, Care and Discovery with Puzzle-Maker Jasen Robillard open.substack.com/pub/lovephilos…

#81 Changing Minds, Metaphysics, and a Life in Analytic Philosophy with Janet Levin open.substack.com/pub/lovephilos…

is Philosophy of Mind for you? Janet Levin youtube.com/shorts/asTnuVU… via @YouTube

In only 63 days, a mother bird builds a perfect nest and raises a beautiful brood of chicks. A quiet masterpiece of nature.

Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors. - Nikola Tesla

People who age happier and healthier tend to do 7 things: They don’t smoke, exercise regularly (but not excessively), maintain a healthy weight, and are mindful with alcohol or other substances. But one of the most interesting ideas that @arthurbrooks underscores is that the "happy-well" also have 3 less obvious traits. They keep learning, they develop real skill in dealing with life’s problems, and they prioritize love—through a strong marriage, close friendships, or both.

“We lose something important about being human if AI becomes our primary contact with the unknown, our primary experience of the inexplicable.” —an interview with Erin Maglaque go.nybooks.com/47kH8nW

Good times talking with Andrea Hiott at Love & Philosophy, using my song "The Big Machine" as a window into technology, complexity, curation, games, language, consciousness, and the future of work: youtu.be/MtN4If4cuBY?si…

Andrea Hiott and I discuss pretty much everything. youtu.be/ZqlVhnaI3u0?si…

@fchollet Basically the claim here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We underestimate how much "abstract" thought is just repurposed sensorimotor control circuitry. A lot of reasoning is essentially about moving through idea-space the way we move through physical space.

Hegel on Love: From the Archive open.substack.com/pub/lovephilos…

Causal inference nuts: @Radiolab has a great podcast this week about the pitfalls of using correlational evidence in policymaking. The empirical case is the self-esteem movement of the 1980s. Would be a good listen for those who teach causal inference.

Trust, Games and Sculpting Agency with philosopher C. Thi Nguyen open.substack.com/pub/lovephilos…

Rationality and robust science are ways we care. It's not easy being a philosopher & cognitive scientist in the academic world and still showing your vulnerable side, but it's always worth it. Post from midnight the last day of 2025: youtu.be/ySVTrIq_O5g?si…

"A bracing, philosophically rich argument for writing well as a personal journey and a social good." (@KirkusReviews) Philosophy of Writing (out now) suggests a major reconsideration of how and why we write. Order: bit.ly/3YZkDAb Preview: bit.ly/4qHb2d5

Caring Without Collapsing & 'How Not to Waste a Life' open.substack.com/pub/communityp…

Loving to Know. Michael Polanyi, and Subsidiary Focal Integration: difference between information and knowledge with Esther Lightcap Meek #polanyi #tacitknowledge #loveandphilosophy open.substack.com/pub/lovephilos…