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David Boghossian in Approximations

Sep 1, 2020

What the Hell is Water? It’s about Privilege

David Foster Wallace’s famous 2005 address was about…

David Boghossian in Approximations

May 6, 2021

Certainty is the Enemy of Truth: David Deutsch’s Infinite Explanations, the Limits of Knowledge, and the Value of…

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David Boghossian in Approximations

Feb 23, 2021

Bending the Arc of History: MLK, Human Choices and The Dilemma of Progress

David Boghossian in Approximations

Jan 20, 2022

Pandemic as a Portal to the Future: Four Deep Lessons from COVID that Go Beyond “We Screwed it Up”

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David Boghossian in Approximations

Sep 15, 2020

Innovating our way through E.O. Wilson’s “Bottleneck”

Can humans “science” our way out of climate…

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David Boghossian in Approximations

Nov 4, 2021

Only Mrs. Brown Can Save Us: Musk, Bezos, and the Failures of the Techno-Utopians

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David Boghossian in Approximations

Nov 13, 2020

The Truth, American Democracy, and the Parable of the Turkey

A Fable in which We are the Turkey

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David Boghossian in Approximations

Apr 13, 2021

“Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” — Disney, Darwin, and the Mis-Measure of Progress

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David Boghossian in Approximations

Aug 25, 2020

See-Level

A theory of brain function and the value of telling the truth

David Boghossian in Approximations

Dec 20, 2021

Thinking about Utopia Means Deciding What You Think is Important

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