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Paddy Bettington
Paddy Bettington

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Feb 7

My New Hobby is Getting Drunk and Arguing with chatGPT

help me develop an idea for story where human’s language has split into what they say between themselves and what ‘formal’ writing the create with the help of chatGPT In this story, humans have developed a split in their language over time. They speak one way to each other in…

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Jun 16, 2018

Disproportionate Talent Attractors

Last month I attended a conference at Chatham House about the Future of Work. Much of what was said that day startled me, but possibly the most lasting impression is from an (anonymous) panel member who plainly and unironically stated, “the objective of most companies now is to become disproportionate…

Future Of Work

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Disproportionate Talent Attractors
Disproportionate Talent Attractors
Future Of Work

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May 8, 2018

What is Work?

Hannah Arendt, in her 1958 prophecy of what wonders we will be rewarded with for our wholehearted commitment to employment and technology, chooses to describe us in terms of our three vital activities; labour, work and action [1]. Labour pertains to the necessities of life. It is in accord with…

Philosophy

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What is Work?
What is Work?
Philosophy

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Mar 19, 2018

Driverless Cars & Moral Philosophy

Note: 80% of this article was written before someone was killed by an Uber driverless car, however, this event perfectly proves that the issues discussed below are very real. There is a well-known thought experiment in moral philosophy called the trolley problem. …

Ethics

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Driverless Cars & Moral Philosophy
Driverless Cars & Moral Philosophy
Ethics

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Mar 9, 2018

Are Millennials really as fucked as we think?

The phrases Generation-Y and Millennials have become ubiquitous, but are their problems real and definable? If they are, is Generation Y doing what it can to solve these problems? …

Housing

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Are Millennials really as fucked as we think?
Are Millennials really as fucked as we think?
Housing

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Feb 15, 2018

Pareto Frontiers

Life is a Pareto Frontier. Pretend for a moment that experience can be measured with only two metrics, Excitement and Safety, assuming that an increase in either is a good thing. …

Philosophy

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Pareto Frontiers
Pareto Frontiers
Philosophy

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Paddy Bettington

Paddy Bettington

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I like philosophy alot, I’m studying for a Masters in Political Theory, researching our relationship with work. www.theaphoristmanifesto.com

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