A Philosopher’s View of the World

 

Aug
09

Cookies & Politics: Consumer Advocacy

In my previous essay I discussed the company side of corporate advocacy. As noted in the essay, in the before time the group One Million Moms called for a boycott

Aug
08

Cookies & Politics: Corporate Advocacy

In the before time, one Gay Pride Day Kraft posted an image of a rainbow Oreo cookie (sadly not yet a real product). Almost immediately, the group One Million Moms

Aug
07

Psychohistory & Big Data

  In his Foundation universe Isaac Asimov introduced the fictional scientific field of psychohistory. In this science fiction setting, it could predict the future by analyzing data and making inductive

Aug
06

AI Images & Theft

  In my previous essay I looked at why I use AI generated images in my D&D products. As I noted, the essay offers an explanation rather than a justification

Aug
05

Why Do I Use AI Images?

When AI image generators, like Midjourney, were finally able to generate semi-adequate images, I started using them in my D&D content. Previously I had relied on creative commons images, purchased

Aug
04

1980s Culture Wars: Psychological Harm

As a kid who started playing Dungeons & Dragons in 1979, I remember watching Tom Hanks play a character who goes insane from playing a TTRPG in Mazes and Monsters.

Aug
03

Privatization

In times of tight budgets, state governments usually cut spending.  Whether the tight budget was self-inflicted or not. One common “cost savings” approach is to fire state workers and eliminate

Aug
02

Homelessness

In the United States, the number of homeless shelters increased in the 1980s due to a variety of factors (mostly Reagan). One factor was a recession which resulted in more

 

 

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