PinnedDavid BoghossianinApproximationsDevolving Power: The Challenge of Our AgeGeorge Washington, Selfish Genes, and Giving up Privilege3 min read·Jan 3, 2024--2--2
PinnedDavid BoghossianinApproximationsWhat the Hell is Water? It’s about PrivilegeDavid Foster Wallace’s famous 2005 address was about living together3 min read·Sep 1, 2020----
David BoghossianThe Boys in the BoatRecovered memories of a has-been athlete6 min read·Feb 26, 2024----
David BoghossianinApproximationsPandemic as a Portal to the Future: Four Deep Lessons from COVID that Go Beyond “We Screwed it Up”[The pandemic] is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our…4 min read·Jan 20, 2022--2--2
David BoghossianinApproximationsThinking about Utopia Means Deciding What You Think is ImportantOk. That’s kind of obvious. Really, if you are trying to describe the perfect world, it certainly should include some theory about humanity…3 min read·Dec 20, 2021----
David BoghossianinApproximationsOnly Mrs. Brown Can Save Us: Musk, Bezos, and the Failures of the Techno-UtopiansI used to believe, like Matt Damon in The Martian, that we could “science the shit” out of our problems. I was a “Techno-Utopian,” I now…4 min read·Nov 4, 2021--3--3
David BoghossianinApproximations“Build, Test, Learn” — What Hegel Knew about Lean Start-ups and Making a Dent in the UniverseGeorge Frederic Hegel was not known for his start-up chops. A great thinker? Sure. Extremely handsome? Possibly. Entrepreneur? Not so much.4 min read·Jun 27, 2021--1--1
David BoghossianinApproximationsCertainty is the Enemy of Truth: David Deutsch’s Infinite Explanations, the Limits of Knowledge…David Deutsch is an Oxford physicist and philosopher, widely regarded as a founder of quantum computing. His books, The Fabric of Reality…4 min read·May 6, 2021--10--10
David BoghossianinApproximations“Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” — Disney, Darwin, and the Mis-Measure of ProgressWhen I was eight, my family went to the NY World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow, Queens. It was 1964 and the idealized vision of the future…4 min read·Apr 13, 2021--3--3
David BoghossianinApproximationsMessages from the Future: Adventures in “Drop in Audio”I’m not sure how many of you caught the podcast I did with Chris Colbert on his “Insert:Human” series. It’s here, if you are interested.3 min read·Apr 2, 2021----