Gödel’s Loophole. “In 1947 Einstein and economist Oskar Morgenstern accompanied Gödel to his U.S. citizenship exam because they were concerned about his unpredictable behavior: During his voluminous preparation for the exam, Gödel said, he had uncovered a flaw in the U.S. constitution that could lead to a dictatorship.”
Putin’s Philosophers, NATO’s Philosophers and An International Relations Theory Guide to the War in Ukraine — interesting reads to understand how we got here and what lies ahead.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
— Elmore Leonard
10 Lessons I learned walking 10,000 Kilometers in 2021’s Pandamic Year. Meditative and reassuringly approachable. Long read, and therein lies its comtemplative beauty.
The Chinese Room Thinks. “In my view, one of the most famous thought experiments in philosophy, John Searle’s Chinese Room experiment, has been decisively answered by science.”