Michael Sandel was ignored by a generation of political optimists. Now he is searching for a way out of the mess he saw coming

economist.com/obituary/202... from The Economist

"For all practical purposes, brains and behavior must be described probabilistically." @drrachelbarr.bsky.social

🧵 @oecd-ocde.bsky.social and @weforum.org have published an important paper on #AI in strategic #foresight, surveying 167 foresight experts from 55 countries: www.oecd.org/en/publicati.... One particularly interesting finding is that AI was reported to have limited capacity for inductive reasoning.

that’s kinda passive-aggressive, no?😁

Brexit's "great success": £850 million loss a week. That's a number to put on a bus, and a bargain of the century according to @timleunig.bsky.social: pay £350 million - get £850 million. shows.acast.com/the-economic...

so mom of the newly minted Nobel economics laureate Philippe Aghion founded the French fashion house Chloé (and, apparently, even coined the term prêt-à-porter)😳 on.ft.com/487ZfwT

"In 2025, the weakest link in Ukraine’s defences still lies in the minds of its western friends." www.ft.com/content/2a4d...

thanks to the UN Special Rapporteur Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez for including my book (www.cambridge.org/9781316514061) in the 2025 UN report on general principles of law: documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge.... to clarify - book published by @universitypress.cambridge.org, not @ox.ac.uk as stated there;)

good job, @unesco.org!😉 #aiethics dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...

day in honour of @jowolff.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

didn’t know that was a thing🤷🏼‍♂️

just learned that the CEO of Microsoft AI studied philosophy, not tech (dropped out though)

the professor (Adam Smith) and the infidel (David Hume) at the National Portrait Gallery in London. (with a nod to Dennis C. Rasmussen’s ‘The Infidel and the Professor’ press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...)

EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is out, and I am happy to have been able to contribute to the process leading to that moment as a member of four working groups. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/... #AI #AIinEurope

A recent paper from Michael Zakharin and Timothy C Bates: ‘Higher cognitive ability linked to weaker moral foundations in UK adults’. Read the full article - doi.org/10.1016/j.in...

i would even revoke their banking license due to incompetence

Sarah McGrath from Princeton speaking on “What (if anything) is a moral experience ?” at @aristotsoc.bsky.social

🥳 #LSEPhilosophy has been ranked number 1 for Philosophy in the Complete University Guide 2026 for the second year in a row! 🏆 The Complete University Guide ranks the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas. More: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...

nerd thrill is to be cited next to @birchlse.bsky.social from @lsephilosophy.bsky.social 🤓 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

correction: all is philosophy

“rule-following is not just about rewards or punishments—it is driven by intrinsic respect for rules and social expectations, regulating everyday social interactions”

"while enhancing individual ideas’ creativity, [reliance on ChatGPT] reduces the diversity of ideas in a pool of ideas" #ai

German intelligence agency has labelled #AfD as right wing extremist. here is my LSE essay on Karl Popper’s paradox of toleration where i discuss a (not so) imaginary example having exactly the likes of AfD in mind. I suggest that Popper’s solution is over permissive #philsky #polisky #polisci

Conservative MPs stay off Bluesky

🧵 (1/5) There seems to be a near consensus in philosophy rejecting the value free ideal in science. In this thread I show why rejecting this ideal is misguided (full argument can be found here: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24...). #philsky #academicsky

i’m coining the term #technoautist, which broadly means the Musks, Altmans etc. of this world #ai #aiethics #technology #democracy #academicsky #policy

🏆 We are pleased to share that we were ranked 2nd best in the world for #Philosophy in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025! This is the highest ranking of any UK-based philosophy department for the second year in a row! More: www.topuniversities.com/university-s...

is it true that Germans sometimes read Kant in English translation?😀 #philsky

apparently, logic and knowledge were banned. well, no wonder: Russell met Lenin and wasn’t impressed, e.g. Lenin thought that a proposition could be proved by quoting Marx🤷🏼‍♂️

now this. after the news that chatgpt is failing the Turing test because it responds more intelligently than humans

how chatgpt-4 failed the Turing test: because it responded more intelligently than humans😁 #ai link.springer.com/article/10.1...

When a woman is empowered, the world is empowered.💜️ #InternationalWomensDay

Trivia: Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas.

God's memo to self.

Mistral’s Le Chat looks like a good alternative mistral.ai/en/news/le-c...

without Belgian beer, i would qualify😀🍻

fun fact: overall, alcohols is by far the most harmful drug (in the UK). it is especially so in terms of harm to others pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21036393/

imho the only advantage that Russian govt has is that it puts little value on human life, whether foreign or domestic, ∴ less constraints

i thought i came to LSE to philosophise🤔

five years on yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

my prediction is that Musk will end up in a mental institution (in best case scenario). maybe on Mars

full circle: the first person i started following on twitter was Musk, effectively making him the reason to start using the app. now he is the reason i stopped using it

It might be for the next four years

when your last name aids your role as a critic😀 #academicsky

“ChatGPT is bullshit”😁

Huge thanks to everyone that joined us for last night's launch of The Open Society as an Enemy by J. McKenzie Alexander with @lsephilosophy.bsky.social! 📚✨ In case you missed it, you can watch the event back here ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WR... #OpenSociety #KarlPopper #OpenAccess

notes for endnotes is epic, i want infinite regress!