Tim Dean

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This Reddit thread in which cave men explain economic principles affecting monetary policy is the best thing I've read all day www.reddit.com/r/AskEconomi...

The apps and websites I use seem to constantly make small changes to appearance and functionality. Just when I normalise one change, it's disrupted.
I recently realised how emotionally destabilising this can be. How it contributes to the feeling of a world in constant flux.
Or is it just me?

Genuine question: What's more important in creating a better world: social or economic justice?

If you had to pick one to throw your energy into, which would it be?

The limits of civility — Brunswick Ballroom, March 19 In a highly polarised world, when should we talk it over, and when should we fight?

In a highly polarised world, when should we talk it over, and when should we fight?

For my Melbourne-based friends, I'll be hosting a conversation on the limits of civility on 19 March with the amazing Dr Karen Jones. I'd love to see you there!

sophiaclub.co/event/the-li...

If you can't bend a system to your will, break it. Then step in to remake it to benefit yourself. Call it chasing "deregulation" or "efficiency" and it might just work.

To bare or not to bare: why religion can't make it's mind up about nudity - ABC listen Why do religions tell us to cover up? And how has this affected the way we value, judge, and sexualise our bodies in the modern world?

Why is religious morality obsessed with sex? And why it is equally obsessed with regulating what people can (and can't) wear?

To find out, listen in to this conversation I had on God Forbid on ABC radio about religion, nudity and sex.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Are we at a turning point in world history? | David Motadel Political leaders increasingly caution that we are facing a historical ‘inflection point’. Are we?

Are we at an historical inflection point? Perhaps one tilting away from liberalism towards something more autocratic/oligarchic? Sure feels like it. But we probably won't know until a it's a decade too late.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I wonder who she's trying to convince?

What this means is we might be reverting to a pre-liberal state of the world. A Bismarckian, imperialistic, realpolitik world, where power means more than liberal ideals.
That's a bad world for *everyone*, except perhaps a few elites in powerful nations.

It's only during the relatively short post-war period where borders became relatively stable and powerful nations restrained themselves from expansion and/or imperial aspirations.
The US was remarkable in that it (largely) choose not to use its military for expansion when it could have.

Amongst the absurdity of Trump's openly expansionist remarks re Greenland, Canada and Panama - we're forgetting that this is actually the norm for powerful states over the course of human history.
It's been an anomaly to have an undisputed world power that *hasn't* sought expansion.

In Conversation with Tim Dean — Anthroprospective – Research as Everyday Literature Tim Dean Resident Philosopher at The Ethics Centre  |  Author Interviewer: Courtney Boag Photo (right): Courtesy of The...

Morality isn't black and white. It's a toolkit that evolves and adapts to the way we live. And we need to adapt fast!

At least, that's what I argue in this rich conversation I had with Courtney Boag at Anthrōprospective. You can watch here:
anthroprospective.com/In-Conversat...

“The Case for Assassinating CEOs” with Ethicist Tim Dean After the slaying of one of America’s highest-flying health-insurance CEOs, the tenor of many reactions from the Online Left was: “Murder is never justified, BUT…”

Is it ever justified to kill the CEO of a company that is causing vast amounts of harm to vulnerable people?

Had a great chat with Josh Szeps about just this on the latest Uncomfortable Conversations podcast uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/p/the-case-f...

Hey liberals, do you like this hegemony of ours? Then you’d better start acting like it - ABC Religion & Ethics In the wake of a devastating election defeat, it is imperative that liberals stop retreating into smugness and snobbery, and begin confronting the social realities that have alienated so many.

Insightful piece by Alexandre Lefebvre on how liberalism should respond to the drubbings it's received in recent elections.

His service: "keep striving for a country built for everyone, and don’t talk down to those who think differently."

www.abc.net.au/religion/ale...

And Telnet & Gopher while we're at it! (Now I'm just showing my age)

Not a direct comparison, I know, but it makes me think of how many Democrat voters existed only in the party's imagination.

When a government is more scared of vested interests than it is of voters, it often doesn't end well for either.

Today we're launching an ambitious campaign to ask the govt to fund the creation of a new independent Australian Institute of Applied Ethics.

If you care about ethics, integrity and building trust, all you need to do is pledge your support via the link below.

ethicsinstitute.au

Name a problem - climate change, inequality, affordable housing, mental health, etc - we already know how to solve them. We are bursting with solutions.

So ask yourself: why they are still unsolved? Then ask: who is blocking the solutions?

The only real problem left to solve is power.

One of the phrases I most dread seeing: "please join the discord to follow this project".

Discord has a role for ephemeral communications, like instant messaging and VoIP. It's incredibly poorly suited for more lasting content, like updates, patches, tech support. Yet it's taking them over.

I'm genuinely interested in what is truly motivating people to vote No in the Voice referendum. Problem is, most reasons I've seen smack of being post-hoc justifications for some deeper unrevealed motivations to vote No.

Anyone have concrete insights or sources regarding these deeper motivations?

Are trigger warnings different in kind to content warnings (PG, R, etc), or only applied in different contexts?

Checks out for thorium too ;)

Still blows my mind that over two thirds of Americans believe in angels.