Peter Singer

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31 May 2025 12:22

Genetic selection of pre-implantation embryos is happening now and will, increasingly, be possible for more traits. An Oxford University research project is seeking volunteers who will make some hypothetical choices online.

Peter Singer

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31 May 2025 12:21

You can listen to our full conversation, about love, communism, happiness, and how to live a meaningful life, on the “Lives Well Lived” podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4fAOHbj Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4edwzDU

Peter Singer

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31 May 2025 12:21

It diverts attention from your goals, your habits, your work. From a certain rational standpoint, it makes you less efficient, less focused, less productive. And yet, as Žižek said, he’s ready to endorse that catastrophe.

Peter Singer

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31 May 2025 12:21

“From a utilitarian perspective, love is a catastrophe,” Slavoj Žižek told us during a recent conversation. He meant it as praise. When love happens, real, consuming, passionate love, it disrupts the logic of your ordinary life.

NASA Webb Telescope

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19 December 2024 11:22

Someone struck a match against the night… Webb discerned distinct star clusters in the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, which existed 600 million years after the big bang - the first discovery of an actively forming galaxy as lightweight as the young Milky Way. https://t.co/cJenCOWLsc https://t.co/BWCarE