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Jonathan Wolff,
Political Philosopher.
Fellow British Academy
Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Wolfson College
President The Royal Institute of Philosophy
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Jonathan Wolff is a British philosopher. He is a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy and Public Policy and Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. He was formerly the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Prior to his joining the Blavatnik School in 2016, Wolff's academic career had been spent at University College London (UCL), where he was, latterly, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. .. more

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 21
I’ve changed my header photo to this one. It shows my father Herbert and his sister Lotte with their parents Fritz and Marta in their Frankfurt apartment before Herbert and Lotte were sent to England on the Kindertransport, and later Fritz and Marta transported to Lodz Ghetto, final fate unknown.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12h
Why are vegans, drivers of electric vehicles, peaceniks etc hated so much by reactionaries? Because their mere existence is a (justified) criticism of the behaviour of those who would prefer just to carry on unthinkingly.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13h
Actually ‘Thinking Economics’ as distinct from ‘Calculating Economics’ would be a good start.
jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 13h
Good to see Rethinking Economics getting some attention! ... its aim is to make economics education “plural, critical, decolonised and historically grounded” rather than “dominated by a single framework presented as ‘neutral’ or ‘objective’” ... #philsci #philsky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught
Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it is reshaping economists’ education
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 13h
Good to see Rethinking Economics getting some attention! ... its aim is to make economics education “plural, critical, decolonised and historically grounded” rather than “dominated by a single framework presented as ‘neutral’ or ‘objective’” ... #philsci #philsky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught
Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it is reshaping economists’ education
www.theguardian.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
Have you seen political philosophy reading lists before 1971? Richard Wollheim’s Paradox in the Theory of Democracy, H.L.A. Hart Are There Any Natural Rights? Bernard Williams Equality. And Rawls Justice as Fairness! Before that T.H. Green and Bosanquet. (This is UK, the US had Dewey.)

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
David Hume is normally regarded as one of the most stylish writers of the those who wrote philosophy in English (though Hobbes is more quotable). Bagehot, apparently, was not so impressed. And Adam Smith gets a working over too. Great article.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17h
Are they going to have it delivered in sacks, by horse and cart?

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17h
Did they get AI to write the press release?
shadow.hedgie.social Shadow Hedgie 🌻 @shadow.hedgie.social · 17h
"OpenAI has cut ties with one of its top safety executives, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of AI erotica in its ChatGPT product."

good lord, what is happening in there
Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff, Anne Norton, Larry W. Hunter

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Shadow Hedgie 🌻 @shadow.hedgie.social · 17h
"OpenAI has cut ties with one of its top safety executives, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of AI erotica in its ChatGPT product."

good lord, what is happening in there
Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
www.wsj.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21h
Very important question! Far from clear.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21h
Yes, truly astonishing.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22h
God almighty. In ten years’ time there will genres of movies, memoirs and novels devoted to the gross cruelty of the Trump Regime, akin to those we now have of Germany in the 1930s. Intensely hoping it stops before we get to the 1940s.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22h
You all know this about the classic Apple computer sound? Just checking because some of you are a little younger than me.
Sosumi is an alert sound introduced by Apple sound designer Jim Reekes in Apple Computer's Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991. The name is derived from the phrase "so, sue me!" because of a long running court battle with Apple Corps, the similarly named music company affiliated with the Beatles, regarding the use of music in Apple Inc.'s computer products.

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 23h
On Bagehot's Criticism of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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On Bagehot's Criticism of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Professional philosophers — and perhaps other academics — have a ritual of politeness and inquisitiveness in asking each other, ‘what are you working on?’ The implicature of this question is sufficien...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 23h
Anyone got Ryan Mason’s WhatsApp number?
jowolff.bsky.social Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Things looking up at Tottenham. 30 mins in and still 11 players on the pitch.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Things looking up at Tottenham. 30 mins in and still 11 players on the pitch.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
The big question for the Winter Olympics. Who will be this competition’s Eddie the Eagle?

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Eddie the Eagle - Wikipedia
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Hahaha!! Neither hope nor expectation here.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Just seen a review of a philosophy book that says it is 128 pages and $200.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Surely not the death penalty. Life imprisonment being forced to attend pronoun awareness classes, online implicit bias training, attentive listening classes, an anger management course, and group hygiene and self-care, each twice a day, every day, would surely be the fitting punishment.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Also many redundancies at The Onion as the Trump Regime becomes increasingly self-sufficient in satire.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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stuart @stuartp.bsky.social · 1d
he's doing it, he's doing it

www.bblloobb.com/2021/the-lou...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Still remember being publicly criticised by the then head of REF for writing a column saying that the REF was a form of collective punishment that the university sector imposes on itself. I think the room was with me though.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
Scrapping REF should be “serious’ option”, says Manchester VC.

Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise.

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Scrapping REF should be ‘serious’ option, says Manchester VC - Research Professional News
Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Right. And where should we cut first? Pension triple lock?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
But, but, but … potholes don’t repair themselves …
hetanshah.bsky.social Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d
‘This 19 percentage points gap is much larger than the 5 percentage point difference in 2022 and the 3 percentage point gap in 2010.’
Nearly 3 in 10 Conservative and Reform supporters now back reducing taxes and spending Support to cutting taxes and spending, % • Conservatives or UKIP/Reform • Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Green

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
I don’t know why but the US just loves detaining a significant portion of its residents. Once it was mental hospitals (558,922 in 1955). Then prisons. Now as the prison population starts to fall, concentration camps.
rmayemsinger.bsky.social Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d
Prisons are for people who've been CONVICTED of crimes.

Most people in these warehouses - without proper food or sanitation or worse - haven't even been CHARGED with crimes.

And thousands are CHILDREN.

This will be another of America's greatest shames.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Hahahaha! There should be ‘astonishingly prolific and accomplished writers and artists’.