Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Video book reviews
Did you know that book reviews on YouTube are a thing? By way of example, check out the video review (posted below) of one of Mateusz Urbanowicz‘s beautiful picture books. (This particular tome, which is titled Tokyo Storefronts, is available … Continue reading
Using AI to detect text generated by an AI
According to this recent report in The MIT Technology Review, researchers from Harvard and MIT have developed a new method for spotting text that has been generated using AI. Their method, which is called the “Giant Language Model Test Room” … Continue reading
A visualization of a theory of justice
In all seriousness, when political philosophers write about justice, they rarely rely on any figures, images, or other forms of visualization to make their points. Plato’s Republic, for example, consists of over 500 pages of dense philosophical argumentation (or an … Continue reading
The pathologies of contemporary political liberalism
We want to bring to your attention this strange yet fascinating essay by our colleague and friend Adrian Vermeule, a professor at Harvard Law School. Among other things, his essay explores several “pathologies” of contemporary political liberalism, including the following … Continue reading
True or false? (dangerous demagogues edition)
A signifciant fraction of persons, i.e. greater than 10%, who voted for socialist Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party primaries voted for Donald J. Trump in the 2016 general election? Samuel Scheffler writes in The Boston Review: “… some of … Continue reading
Puerto Rico politics and the public-private distinction
Why is the Island of Cuba still a Communist military dictatorship, while in nearby Puerto Rico, the duly-elected governor Ricardo Rossello decided to resign after several weeks of massive public protests? Our friend and colleague Adrian Vermeule sums up Thomas … Continue reading
Are philosophers trapped in a Prisoner’s Dilemma?
Have you ever wondered why debates about politics, constitutional law, and philosophy can go on and on without end? More generally, why do people like to argue over such pointless matters? Even yours truly recently fell into this trap on … Continue reading
Inbox Anti-Zero
This is one reason why I decided long ago to delete the email app from my iPhone. I don’t like being reminded of the ever-growing number of unopened emails in my cluttered inbox, especially during my summer break.

