Philosophy
Engineering teaches you how to build things. It says nothing about which things are worth building, or what you owe the people they affect. These are the questions I keep coming back to.
Questions I’m working through
If I didn’t know where I’d end up in life, what rules would I want everyone to live by?
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
Which things should money not be able to buy, and how would we notice that it already had?
Michael Sandel, What Money Can’t Buy
Is endless striving a good way to live, or a bargain whose price only comes due at the end?
Michael Sugrue on Goethe’s Faust
If my choices are caused by things I didn’t choose, what am I responsible for?
Sam Harris, Free Will
How much of what I value is mine, and how much is a story my genes or my culture are telling?
Richard Dawkins and Yuval Noah Harari
A good answer, or a better question? Write to me.
Essays
The first one is being written. Meanwhile, here’s what I’m reading.
