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a blog on philosophy, climate change, and society

December 15, 2020 0

Carbon-neutrality by 2050

Climate Change

This year several governments announced that their countries will be carbon neutral by 2050. This is a cheap promise, of course, as the target is so far in the future…

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October 10, 2020 0

A Right to Hate?

Philosophy / Social Issues

In August, French blogger Pauline Harmange published a booklet titled Moi les hommes, je les dรฉteste (Me, men, I loathe them), which caused quite a stir in France (and a…

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September 03, 2020 0

On the Idea of an Unconditional (Moral) Rule

Philosophy

In his Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals Kant argued that the moral law (assuming there is one) must be unconditional and universal. As part of that argument he made…

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July 23, 2020 0

An Upper Limit of 3.9ยฐC for Climate Change?

Climate Change

One of the oldest quantitative claims in climate science is that the likely global average temperature increase due to a doubling of atmospheric COโ‚‚ is between 1.5 and 4.5ยฐC. This…

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July 10, 2020 0

1.5ยฐC, Nโ‚‚O, Supersonic Nukes, and Other Updates

Climate Change

According to the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update published this week, the global mean temperature is projected to be more than 1ยฐC above the pre-industrial average in this and…

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June 02, 2020 0

Uchiyama, Marx, and Gramsci on Ideological Superstitions

Philosophy

In 2019 typhoon Hagibis destroyed part of the railroad that leads to Hakone, a small town near a volcanic lake in Japan that has a long history as a resort…

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April 07, 2020 0

Lessons from the Ongoing Disaster (for the Next One)

Climate Change / Social Issues

Presumably, you are aware that weโ€™re in the middle of a disaster. Thatโ€™s unpleasant โ€“ to say the least โ€“ but itโ€™s also quite instructive. There is much we can…

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April 06, 2020 0

Lockdowns, Immunity, and Other Viral Puzzles

Social Issues

Suddenly everyone seems to have opinions about viruses and how to deal with them. If youโ€™ve been following this blog for a while, you may already know my opinion about…

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February 23, 2020 0

A Very Black Swan

Social Issues

[Updates and corrections below original post.] In The 2020s and Beyond I mentioned that โ€œblack swansโ€ (unpredictable, extreme events) can seriously mess up any prediction. In that article I sketched…

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โ€œ๐น=๐‘š๐‘Žโ€ is a blog by Lajos Brons about philosophy, climate change, political economy, and various social issues. Lajos is a Dutch philosopher and social scientist living in Japan. His book The Hegemony of Psychopathy (2017) is closely related to this blog in style and content.

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