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Notre Dame logician Joel David Hamkins is serialising a book on the mathematics and philosophy of infinity one essay at a time: Galileo's paradox, potential versus actual infinity, infinite games, and how Gödel made ordinal definability work. It is rigorous enough for a set theorist and patient enough for a determined lay reader, and no other newsletter goes this deep into foundations.
March 2, 2026
Erik Hoel on why we can't trust AI self-reports, Peter Singer's moral evolution on Philosophize This!, and the Kurzgesagt video that made infinity feel small.
April 13, 2026
Experimental History on overlooked paths to impact, Dario Amodei's five-hour conversation with Lex Fridman, and Ethan Mollick on what just happened in AI.
March 30, 2026
Veritasium tells the story of antimatter's discovery, PBS Space Time asks if we can test quantum gravity, and Experimental History on why being serious matters.
