Bentham's Newsletter

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Episodes

1. Dario Amodei’s Contemptible Critics
   Nov 7, 2026
2. Taking Torture Seriously
   Nov 6, 2026
3. Time in Heaven
   Nov 5, 2026
4. The Vindication of Normal Politics
   Nov 4, 2026
5. Extreme Vegan Claims Aren’t Hyperbole
   Nov 3, 2026
6. AI Consciousness Debate: Michael Huemer vs. Simon Goldstein
   Nov 2, 2026
7. Does Christianity Make Sense?
   Nov 1, 2026
8. “AIs Without Minds” Without Convincing Arguments
   Oct 31, 2026
9. Hell is Suspicious
   Oct 30, 2026
10. Ban Foie Gras!
    Oct 29, 2026
11. Only Effective Altruists Should be Anti-Effective Altruism
    Oct 28, 2026
12. The Argument For God From Knowledge
    Oct 27, 2026
13. Unpopular Effective Altruist Views Are Simply Correct
    Oct 26, 2026
14. Impactful Places to Donate
    Oct 24, 2026
15. Trump Derangement Syndrome Has Been Vindicated
    Oct 22, 2026
16. Talking With Simon Goldstein About Why Biological Naturalism is False
    Oct 21, 2026
17. Nature is Wrong About AI Consciousness
    Oct 21, 2026
18. Private Law For AIs
    Oct 20, 2026
19. If Every Blade of Grass Screamed
    Oct 19, 2026
20. Effective Altruists Should Grow a Spine
    Oct 17, 2026
21. Schmotte and Bailey: Pledge
    Oct 15, 2026
22. Giant Dialogues
    Oct 14, 2026
23. Leif Wenar’s Bad Criticisms of Effective Altruism
    Oct 12, 2026
24. *Of Course* Conscious AI Would Matter Morally
    Oct 11, 2026
25. Deontologists Must Hope They Do the Wrong Thing
    Oct 10, 2026
26. Biological Naturalism is False
    Oct 9, 2026
27. Contra Steven Pinker
    Oct 8, 2026
28. I’m Disappointed in Leftists on AI
    Oct 7, 2026
29. Against the Indefinite Slave Plan
    Oct 5, 2026
30. Against the Court of Public Opinion
    Oct 4, 2026
31. Responding to my Critics on Insects
    Oct 3, 2026
32. The World is Weird, so Catholic Miracles Aren’t Convincing
    Oct 2, 2026
33. Avoiding Atrocity
    Sep 30, 2026
34. I Underestimated AI Risk
    Sep 29, 2026
35. 50 Surprising Facts
    Sep 29, 2026
36. Through Every Eye
    Sep 29, 2026
37. The Polemicist's Vice
    Sep 29, 2026
38. The Epstein Hysteria
    Sep 29, 2026
39. Beings and Time
    Sep 29, 2026
40. The Department of War Goes Rogue
    Sep 29, 2026
41. How Rational Are The Rationalists?
    Sep 29, 2026
42. A Clash of Titans: The Ethan Muse Dustin Crummett Fatima Debate
    Sep 29, 2026
43. A New Fine-Tuning Argument That Avoids Every Objection
    Sep 29, 2026
44. You Need Self-Locating Evidence!
    Sep 29, 2026
45. Selfishness Is Irrational
    Sep 29, 2026
46. The U.S.-Backed Dictator Who Carried Out Two of the Worst Atrocities of the Last Century
    Sep 29, 2026
47. Life and Death
    Sep 29, 2026
48. The Profound Vacuousness of the Manosphere
    Sep 29, 2026
49. Infinite Dust Specks Are Worse Than One Torture
    Sep 29, 2026
50. Comments on Torture vs. Dust Specks
    Sep 29, 2026