Having written on the ethics of asteroid mining, I thought I would return to this subject and address an additional moral concern, namely the potential dangers of asteroid (and comet) mining. My concern here is not with the dangers to the miners but with dangers to our home world and the rest of us. While…
The concept of “microlooting” has been roundly condemned in recent media as vicious behavior. But does virtue ethics jump to this conclusion?
Discover the spiritual wisdom revealed at the end of life—Is Fearing Death the Greatest Lie of the Last 100 Years?
When I’m trying to spend more time away from my phone, I pick up a book before I get lost in endless and needless scrolling. These summer books are here to add more fun and joy to… The post 7 Summer Books That Will Make You Forget to Check Your Phone appeared first on Be…
After hearing repeatedly that they are not paying attention, are lazy, or are not smart, teens can draw painful conclusions about themselves and identify with these labels.
The strongest connections sometimes emerge only when we realize that time is running out.
Personal Perspective: What physicians witnessed during the LA fires will change how you think about disaster preparedness.
“The man who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.” Long before there was Yo-Yo Ma, there was Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor Pablo Casals (December 29, 1876–October 22, 1973), regarded by many — including Yo-Yo Ma — as the greatest cellist…
My experiences as a gamer have taught me lessons applicable to the real world (assuming it exists). One key skill for dealing with reality is the ability to model it. Roughly put, this is the ability to grasp how things work and make reasonably accurate predictions. This ability is useful: grasping how things work is…
