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Friday funnies: foisting act utilitarians on their own other-regarding petards

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Solving the tragedy of the outer space commons with orbit and launch auctions

Below is an another excerpt from my work-in-progress “Outer Space Auctions“; once again, I have placed my scholarly citations below the fold: Several nation-states have begun to recognize property rights in outer space via national law, including the USA,[1] Luxembourg,[2] … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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:

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Star Trek Saturday

The eight-minute video below takes the viewer on a tour of all the different bridges of the USS Enterprise:

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Friday funnies: correlation

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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 →

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