Philip Seymour Hoffman was sober for 23 years before he relapsed. I call this the difficulty problem of addiction: why people who genuinely want to stay sober still relapse. This new paper offers the confidence distortions framework as an explanation. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

What does privacy mean in an age where your phone knows your heart rate, your search history, and your 3am thoughts? My new paper introduces the Personal Agential Realm (PAR). Open access so do check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

An editorial with Jenny Blumenthal-Barby on the need for a new AI governance agenda for healthcare out in AJOB! Thanks to Jenny for spearheading this piece! #AI #Governance #healthcare #bioethics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to give a keynote on AI in healthcare at the 4th Annual Paul M. Schyve, MD Center for Bioethics conference in Rochester on Friday! Many thanks to Lainie Ross and Bryanna Moore for inviting me!

Fun to have Nicole Steinwedell join my Neuroethics grad seminar!

Many thanks to Valerie Gutmann Koch for inviting me to talk about Neurorights and Mental Privacy at the 2026 Jaharis Health Law Institute’s Symposium in Chicago!

Had a wonderful time giving a talk on the ethics of memory modification to 200+ high schoolers at The Masters School! Many thanks to Nyasha Chiundiza for inviting me!

Happy holidays from NYU Center for Bioethics!

Really nice to meet up with Meghan Sullivan and learn about all the exciting projects she is involved in!

Egypt was a bucket list! Blown away by the Pyramids and the new Grand Egyptian Museum! Have to come back!

Off to Egypt!

Had an amazing time in Beijing! Got to catch up with friends including some from 25 years ago! I was especially pleased to see several former @NYU MA in Bioethics students now teaching or doing a PhD at Peking University!

Off to Beijing!

Many thanks to Christian Barry and Garrett Cullity for giving a thought-provoking talk today on regulated climate responsibilities for the NYU Center for Bioethics!

ASBH was a blast! Caught up with friends and got a selfie with Caesar the llama!

Looking forward to being on a panel on agency and technology at the NYU Agency Summit! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/tafn...

Excited to give a Medicine Grand Rounds at Columbia tomorrow! www.gsas.columbia.edu/events/ai-he...

Welcome NYU MA in Bioethics Class of 2025! Love the spark and excitement that comes with the start of a new year!

Just published! AI regulation is a maze. Let’s add a map! Alexander Haykel, Katherine Cheung, Taylor Matalon and I introduce the 5W1H framework—a simple lens to decode AI policies: Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fun attending Dana Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Celebration!

Reunions was a blast! Fun to catch up with classmates, and Bono made a surprise appearance!

Great to see Simona Tiribelli in NYC and to learn about all her exciting work in AI ethics!

Many congratulations to the 2025 graduates!

Thoughtful discussions about AI and healthcare at Saint Louis University organized by Jeffrey Bishop!

Looking forward to delivering the Sprague and Taylor Lecture at Brooklyn College this Thursday! I'll be talking about privacy. Do feel free to come along if you are in the area! www.brooklyn.edu/event/annual...

Thanks to everyone who came to the NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop and made it such a success!

NYU Center for Bioethics 5th Annual Philosophical Bioethics Workshop in progress!

Do come to the NYU Center for Bioethics 5th Annual Philosophical Bioethics Workshop this Friday and Saturday! April 25–26, 2025 | NYU Deutsches Haus | Free to attend RSVP: nyubioe.link/PBW5

Another successful APA full of stimulating conversations with friends over good meals!

Happy Holidays from NYU Center for Bioethics!

Wibke and I met in Bangkok 30 years ago, so it’s very nice to be back! I got a chance to visit our old haunt, do some sightseeing, give a talk, be on a panel, catch up with basketball buddy Eric Hodges, and eat lots of delicious food! Thanks to Wibool Piyawattanametha for the opportunity!

Off to Bangkok!

See you next time, Heidelberg!

Stimulating discussion about the science, philosophy, and ethics of brain organoids! Many thanks to Nora Heinzelmann for inciting me to be on this panel at Heidelberg University, Germany!

New paper, “When to Save the Baby: A Fundamental Conditions Approach,” co-written with former NYU Center for Bioethics MA students Jordan Liebman and Corine Astroth now out in Pace Law Review! You can download the paper here: digitalcommons.pace.edu/plr/vol45/is...

Many thanks to Jason T. Eberl for inviting me to give a keynote at the “ Bridging Disparities in Healthcare Using AI” Symposium at Saint Louis University!

Captivating conversation between Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, and Perri Peltz, award-winning filmmaker and journalist, about the opioid crisis in America today!

Off to Shanghai and Korea!

You can watch me downsize in the @arte documentary "Sollten wir kleiner sein?"! youtu.be/QBsFP9-n--c?...

Many congratulations to the 2024 graduates!

The 4th annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop is in the books! Many thanks to all the speakers and chairs for coming to share their insights and expertise, and a big thanks to our admin team, Amber Celedonio and Sarah Muskovitz for helping to make this event such a success!

Very honored to be part of a panel on Collaboration in the Humanities and the Sciences at the annnual meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies tomorrow!

Really great to catch up with Sophie Bertaud, former NYU Center for Bioethics MA student, who is a pediatrician and is currently doing a DPhil at Oxford!

Eclipse!

Off to give the paper that former NYU Center for Bioethics MA students Jordan Liebman, Corine Astroth, and I wrote entitled “When should the baby live: A Fundamental Conditions Approach” at the Pace Law Symposium on “Bioethics after Dobbs”!

Many thanks to Johann Frick for a stimulating talk on how population ethics can shed light on moral philosophy!

Fun time at Pacific APA!

Very pleased that the paper on Limited Aggregation that James Edgar Lim and I wrote has just been published in Utilitas as Open Access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Excited to participate in the Night in the Library organized by the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL Presents) this Saturday night! You can find the full schedule here: www.bklynlibrary.org/night-librar...

Enjoyed the stimulating and thoughtful conversation with De-Shaine Murray about brain-computer interface and other AI and neurotechnologies at The Bell House! Many thanks to the Secret Science Club and the Dana Foundation for organizing and sponsoring this event!