Archive - The Cutting Room

When Should you Peak?

Why it Matters When You Achieve, not just What you Achieve.

Aug 5 •

July 2025

Cooperating with Assholes

What happens when corporate paranoia meets public philosophy at a quiet retreat in the Hudson Valley

Jul 29 •

Do-Gooders, Fads, and Boredom

Does moral urgency track the academic publishing cycle?

Jul 22 •

Viewpoint Diversity and Overton Windows in Academia

Maybe academics should be explicit about our boundaries

Jul 15 •

What Temperature is "Room Temperature" Water?

A look back at the context-sensitivity wars in the philosophy of language

Jul 8 •

June 2025

Philosophy Shouldn't Be a McMansion

What Star Wars, Suburban Home-Building, and Derek Parfit teach us about having too many cooks in the kitchen.

Jun 24 •

When is it Moral Just Because it is Normal?

Medical decisions in the US and China, whistleblowing, and moral relativism.

Jun 17 •

When Losing the Game is Better than Losing Face

The Unwritten Rules of Sports and the Limits of Rational Self-Interest

Jun 10 •

Why Do PhD Programs Even Exist?

* What faculty say when they're drunk and honest

Jun 3 •

May 2025

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