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AI and the Republic of Science
AI promises to end scientific stagnation. But will it solve the right problem?
Oct 31 • 
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Jason Zhao
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Technocalvinism
Reject claims of total technological determinism. Differential tech development is achievable.
Oct 28 • 
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Luke Drago
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Intelligence Environments
The New Site of Freedom and Control, Virtue and Vice
Oct 24 • 
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Making and Breaking Human Kinds
Looping effects in the agent economy
Oct 17 • 
Harry Law
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Autonomy or Empire
Shall we rule our tools, or shall they rule us?
Oct 10 • 
Harry Law
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The Artificial Spectator
Adam Smith, AI, and the Outsourcing of Moral Sentiments
Oct 3 • 
Brendan McCord
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New Decentralized AI Project and Philosophy x Entrepreneurship Series (Sept 2025)
Plus: Apply to attend our AI x Free Speech Symposium with FIRE
Oct 1 • 
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September 2025

Coasean Bargaining at Scale
Decentralization, coordination, and co-existence with AGI
Sep 26 • 
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Learning and Authentic Learning in the Age of AI
Optimization and Orientation in Plato and Augustine
Sep 19 • 
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AI doesn’t seek truth, people do
On the freedom to ask difficult questions
Sep 12 • 
Harry Law
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Write for the Cosmos Institute
We’re looking for pitches about how AI can support human flourishing
Sep 10 • 
Harry Law
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On Western Dynamism
America's strength comes from tension, not unity
Sep 5 • 
Brendan McCord
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