Robots, Rats and Hoverchairs: Three Dystopian AI Fantasies Human beings need meaning, and a life in which all one’s needs were met by external agents would fail to provide it. Stewart Slater 5 Dec 2023 · 8 min read
Strange New Sci Fi If truth is the first casualty of war, then perhaps good fiction is the first tragedy of culture war. Johnny Schmidt 21 Sep 2023 · 16 min read
Utilitarianism’s Missing Dimensions According to the ethical theory of utilitarianism, refusing to push the strange man is unethical. In both scenarios, the ethical action is to sacrifice one to save five. Erik Parens 3 Jan 2018 · 10 min read