Is it possible to devise a system of morality and ethics from math? From physics?? From the Laws of Thermodynamics??? @dmdalton.bsky.social says YES in his latest book from @nupress.bsky.social. Give a listen to our discussion on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-matter-o...

Grateful to @carrielynnland.bsky.social for her interest in and careful attention to my last book in this interviews for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-matter-o...

This Essay, arguing that philosophy must reckon with the meaning of thermodynamics, was one of our readers’ favourites of 2025. Today we’re re sharing it along with a new quote from the author

"Life is always contributing to the eventual collapse of the cosmos." Read Drew Dalton's musings on philosophy, thermodynamics, and the end. Then if you hunger for more on the quiet horror that structures existence, grab a copy of his THE MATTER OF EVIL. aeon.co/essays/philo...

Life is a moral catastrophe. To exist is to be unavoidably complicit in an order that is entirely evil. What are we to do about this moral fact? Should we retire from existence as quickly and as peacefully as possible? Or is there another way?

"Half troubadour and half travel agent, Buffett has long been in the business of selling escape." A professor of philosophy – and lifelong Buffett fan – marvels at how his music was less about pleasure-seeking and “more a reflection of a profoundly pessimistic assessment of the trials of life.”