In the course of life, we are constantly faced with choices; some mundane, others of great significance. A single decision can alter the trajectory of a life, a family, or even a society. Yet, what distinguishes a good decision from… Read More »What is a Good Decision?
In a world swamped with information, swift opinions, and fleeting attention, the philosopher may seem like a relic, too slow for the news cycle, too abstract for boardrooms, and too reflective for activism. Yet, if we understand philosophy not as… Read More »What is a Good Philosopher?
In our age, the question, “What is a good AI agent?” is no longer the domain of science fiction. AI systems now recommend what we read, influence how we work, assist in our decisions, and, increasingly, act autonomously in the… Read More »What is a Good AI Agent?
To ask, “What is a good man?” is not to inquire into fleeting fashions of masculinity or social expectations that shift with the tide. It is to ask a question of enduring moral significance, one that reaches into the heart… Read More »What is a Good Man?
Previously, I shared a piece titled The Restoration of “Good,” followed by another, What is a Good Leader? Inspired by the fundamental underlying question of what constitutes a good life as espoused in Aristotle’s works, I thought to extend my… Read More »What is a Good Citizen?
Leadership, like goodness, is a term often diluted by overuse. We encounter the word daily in corporate mission statements, political rhetoric, and self-help books. Yet, much like the word “good,” the true depth of leadership has been obscured by convenience… Read More »What is a Good Leader?
When I recently revisited the parable of the blind men and the elephant in the context of AI, I argued that technical experts, ethicists, entrepreneurs, and regulators each feel only one rough patch of a continuously changing creature. That metaphor… Read More »From Blind Spots to Complexity: Morin, Phronēsis, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence
The word “good” occupies a special place in the lexicon of human thought. It is, in its essence, a term of great depth, carrying within it the echoes of purpose, virtue, and excellence. Yet, in the currents of modern speech,… Read More »The Restoration of “Good.”
Edgar Morin’s “paradigm of complexity” and Aristotle’s phronēsis at first seem to occupy different philosophical domains—the former a twentieth-century critique of reductionist epistemology, the latter an ancient virtue of ethical discernment. Yet when read together they reveal a deep kinship.… Read More »Toward a Phronetic-Complex Epistemology: Morin and Aristotle in Dialogue
Why seeing the whole matters in a world run by code Prelude: The Elephant in the Data-Centre Artificial intelligence is fast becoming today’s proverbial elephant: enormous, powerful, and difficult to fathom in its entirety. We nudge it through press releases,… Read More »Blind Men, the Elephant… and Artificial Intelligence