Tag: philosophy

All the articles with the tag "philosophy".

• Meritocracy is luck pretending to be virtue

  27 Jun, 2026

  Meritocracy has one decent instinct buried inside it: effort should matter.

• If freedom disappears when you get sick, it was never freedom

  2 May, 2026

  A freedom that evaporates the moment you get sick was never much of a freedom.

• "Any lawful use" is the problem: keep frontier AI out of surveillance and targeting

  4 Mar, 2026

  When the Pentagon tells AI companies it will only work with vendors who agree to "any lawful use," that's the leverage play. It forces the vendor to pre-approve future uses (surveillance, targeting,…