Ladders Cross the Blue Sky in a Wheel of Fire - Miró Deep existential themes of striving, enlightenment, and the relationship between humanity and the vast universe. The wheel of fire represents transformation. The abstract figures with claw-like hands suggest humanity struggling as it climbs.

It has been a while since I last encountered the word "paroxysm." Quite convenient these days, isn't it?

all this indirectly proceeds from the helpless perplexity of volition

"Forget the 'hustle' to be liked. We are talking about the courage to be disliked, the power of living authentically, and why you need to stop justifying your choices to the world." Hm... Interesting in some aspects, but a lot of mixed ideas.

#philsky #freewill #agency #determinism #indeterminism

The shape of time In the 19th century, the linear idea of time became dominant – with profound implications for how we experience the world aeon.co/essays/when-...

"Perception is a process of inference, not an account of ‘reality'" Anil Seth (@anilseth.bsky.social) in conversation with Nigel Warburton (@nigelwarburton.bsky.social). #philsky #neuroscience #philofperception psyche.co/videos/perce...

What do AI-generated slop and the horse manure public health crisis of 1894 in London have in common? www.thenewworld.co.uk/everyday-phi...

2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition Winner: The Mythology Of Conscious AI Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea. By @anilseth.bsky.social www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...

It's becoming increasingly challenging to scrutinize each piece of information to ensure its authenticity.

I'm curious #philsky #Kant #AI www.bloomsbury.com/uk/kant-mach...

#philsky #animalconsciousness

Agencia, relativismo y conocimiento extendido (Agency, relativism and extended knowledge) #philsky #filosofía philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27148/1/def_...

🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀 #Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal

"...the rejection of a validated claim incurs a burden of proof identical to its acceptance. [D]ismissing demonstrated competence without counter-data is not intellectual rigor, but a violation of the ethics of belief." #philsky

#philosophy #academia

"Computers are tools, nothing more. Even the most advanced AI just augments human intelligence. It’s like Excel for an accountant or a car for a traveler: useful, but not transformative. The human still frames the task, checks the results, and decides what matters."

"Maybe mind blanking allows reparative functions to be carried out during wakefulness." #phisky #consciousness psyche.co/ideas/what-y...

Coming soon: my new book *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction*. More info - including three very generous blurbs from @davidgunkel.bsky.social, @briandavidearp.bsky.social, & Crystal L'Hote, PhD - here: hackettpublishing.com/new-forthcom... #aiethics #philosophy

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I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya

Dinosaurs reign, terrifying people. Dinosaurs of a different breed, but even more dangerous, whom we're helping to survive. Meanwhile, billionaires continue profiting from this vast Jurassic Park that has become the world.

Between science and art

A colleague at Texas A&M pointed out that they will now have to censor their own buildings.

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"You have two options."

Meanwhile... pen.org/press-releas...

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Friendship #philsky philosophynow.org/issues/171/T...

This start to 2026 looks like extra time for the nefarious 2025.

Following firsthand what is going on in Venezuela. I have family and friends there.

2026 is off to a promising start. Already booking orders for manuscript copyediting for top philosophy journals. Most importantly, the content is truly thought-provoking.

"To contribute to a field of knowledge, you need to accurately survey the landscape, sniff out what’s fishy and demonstrate why it’s rotten. Large language models have trouble on all three counts." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/o...

Gentle reminder of the fundamentals for 2026: mental acceptance that something is the case is not equivalent to something being the case, or that must be the case.

Chocolate and pistachio nougat with coffee feels perfectly fitting now.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!!! 🥂

You'd have missed the learning and growing experience of each step. Climbing symbolizes that achieving high goals isn't easy. Achieving success requires significant effort and perseverance.

I've significantly reduced my list of things for 2026. Focussing on my best self, letting go of things I can't control, setting boundaries, and choosing what sparks joy.

Leaving 2025 behind

I had a dream so vivid last night that I woke up exhausted.

Tableware by Salvador Dalí designed in 1957. Ideal for tomorrow. Surely impressive to your guests.

There are no pure cultures aeon.co/essays/there...

2026

An article I'm reading quotes Rousseau as saying that freedom is not doing what you want, but rather not doing what you don't want. I don't know, it sounds more like something Sartre would have said.

Aristoteles dixit.

Remembering when many of us moved here, hoping to find a bit of the old Twitter vibe.

Someone saying there is no center, only peripheries.

Starting to worry about the huge number of so-called astrologers, fortune tellers, and psychics who are saying that my zodiac sign is going to be very successful in 2026. If that happens, then they would be telling the truth even when they're lying or lying but telling the truth.

Semiotic paradox alert!