Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
The tragedy of the outer space commons
Below is an another extended excerpt from my work-in-progress “Outer Space Auctions“; I have placed my scholarly citations below the fold: The main sources of law that govern human activities in outer space include the 1967 Outer Space Treaty,[1] the … Continue reading
Taxonomy of legal failures
Below is an excerpt from my work-in-progress “Outer Space Auctions“; I have lightly edited this extended excerpt for clarity and have placed the footnotes and scholarly citations below the fold: It is tempting to see space congestion as a form … Continue reading
Outer Space Auctions
That is the title of my latest work-in-progress, which I posted to SSRN over the weekend (see here). Below is the Introduction to my paper (footnotes omitted): “Are there too many or too few satellites and spacecraft in outer space? … Continue reading
In memoriam: Ian Hacking
Ian Hacking was an intellectual giant in the philosophy of science and in other fields. Among other things, Professor Hacking wrote an influential work on the history of probability (see here). Here is his Wikipedia page, and here is a … Continue reading
Sunday salsa: San Juan sin ti
Happy Mother’s Day! I am including two versions of this beautiful ballad by Luis Enrique: an acoustic guitar version from 2017 and the original 1989 version from the album Mi Mundo:
Star Trek Saturday
The eight-minute video below takes the viewer on a tour of all the different bridges of the USS Enterprise:
Summer break reading, part 1
In addition to a plethora of scholarly papers and sundry blog posts, I am reading the following three books: 1. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality by David Edmonds. (I am not a big fan of Derek … Continue reading
Adam Smith updates
While I was out of town I proofread and made substantial revisions to both of my Adam Smith works-in-progress: Die Adam Smith Probleme and The Balliol College Conspiracy. Enjoy!
Twitter Tuesday: The Art of PowerPoint
What is the opposite of Death by PowerPoint? The tweet pictured below by Gokul Rajaram, which is worth clicking on and reading in full, describes former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s unconventional but thought-provoking approach to PowerPoint: eliminate the use of … Continue reading

