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I was interviewed by the Equal Freedom Institute about my paper "Power to the Powerless: Evolutionary Freedom as Emancipation." 💡🧬 We chatted about liberal emancipation - the unshackling of the shackles of the oppressed - through innovation.

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Otto Lehto @otto_lehto ·

11 Feb

Tear down the paywall! 💡My paper "A point so fundamental: Nozick on intellectual property" is now available OPEN ACCESS (online) in CRISPP's special issue on Nozick! I show that IP remains a thorny and unresolved issue for Nozick and other libertarians!

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11 Feb

Every graph is a lie. But some are more truthful than others. We can draw one asymptotic curve rising exponentially vertically and another one levelling off horizontally. The degree of uncertainty today is through the roof - as the third, and most important, asymptote.

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Deep learning is hitting a wall

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Otto Lehto @otto_lehto ·

11 Feb

I joined my friend Alex's podcast to talk about FF7 and video games! We talk about growing up, technological progress, the value of imagination in cultural history, what makes for a good adaptation, and JRPGs as modern "Gesamtkunstwerke." Check it out!

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The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits, Vol 1

The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits, Vol 1

by Bernard Mandeville

Mandeville was an epic troll. He laughed all the way to the bank. But he was also an insightful social psychologist, sociologist and ethical theorist who anticipated Darwin, Freud and Bentham; and his contribution to economic theory, via…

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

by David Hume

Hume’s essay appears modest, but it cuts deep. Much like its author, the text is genteel and unassuming, but surreptitiously radical.Hume writes beautifully and argues elegantly. Sure, there is a floweriness to the style that might be…

Enchiridion

by Epictetus

Short and pithy philosophy books are always a treat. Doesn’t waste your time!

The Discourses

by Epictetus

Engaging, inspiring, earthly, funny… Epictetus can give you great insights, skills and determination to change your life for the better, even if you don’t agree with everything he says.The text might be old, but our life problems ar…

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations is a deserved classic of ancient Stoic wisdom. The book is a high-brow self-help tome from the pinnacle of the Roman political pyramid. It contains useful guidance for the everyday practice of the virtues of magnanimity and e…

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philosopher, political economist, public intellectual, composer, and blogger.