Sacred violenceAccording to its own myths Israel’s does not commit violence. To do so would be to enter the world of primitive savagery, to be the same as…Apr 18, 2024Apr 18, 2024
New York Times journalismThe fiction that journalism is the first draft of history becomes especially evident during a war. It would be more accurate to say that…Mar 6, 2024Mar 6, 2024
Reading/memoryThis happens to me often enough for me to want to try to record it. I am reading something (it always starts with reading) when something…Jan 1, 2024Jan 1, 2024
Justice, freedom, and peaceWitnessing the twin carnages of October 7th and everyday since, leaves only one way forward — to recognise the legitimate aspirations of…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Knowledge graphs are a dying technologyA knowledge graph, also known as a semantic network, represents a network of real-world entities—i.e. objects, events, situations, or…Oct 14, 202351Oct 14, 202351
White lives matter, or fantasies in a declining cultureThe way we respond to events not directly connected to us tells us something about who we are. This brief note concerns Britain and its…Oct 12, 20231Oct 12, 20231
Do bats feel lust?Consciousness is everywhere at the moment, and it is notable how frequently writers quote Thomas Nagel’s 1974 paper What is it like to be a…Oct 7, 20231Oct 7, 20231
Ted and SuzanneAn appeal to biology to provide a definitive sorting with regard to sex is problematic for two reasons.Aug 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023
