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Instrument Jurisdiction

Modal Path Ethics is Half-Stupid

Modal Path Ethics is Half-Stupid

Don't get confused.
Aidan Lawson 25 Jun 2026
Humanity Does Not Possess a Radioactive Half-Life

Humanity Does Not Possess a Radioactive Half-Life

David Gross, nuclear risk, and the counterfeit countdown.
Aidan Lawson 17 Jun 2026
Modal Path Ethics Is Doomed

Modal Path Ethics Is Doomed

Instruments must disappear.
Aidan Lawson 15 Jun 2026
Applied Case: The Field Intelligence Gap

Applied Case: The Field Intelligence Gap

Modal Path Ethics returns to the Prisoner’s Dilemma, slightly embarrassed, this time with the literature.
Aidan Lawson 13 Jun 2026
Tales of Distortion: The Great Leap Forward

Tales of Distortion: The Great Leap Forward

Somewhere in the conceptual distance between “China needs industrial capacity” and “okay everyone now go outside and harass a bird until it dies,” the field has taken what appears to be a pretty serious wrong turn. [L]
Aidan Lawson 04 Jun 2026
Applied Case: The Communist Manifesto

Applied Case: The Communist Manifesto

How can a society prevent capital from converting human futures into fuel for accumulation?
Aidan Lawson 02 Jun 2026
Applied Case: The Schizophrenia Firewall

Applied Case: The Schizophrenia Firewall

The law is not asking whether schizophrenia makes you uncomfortable. It is asking whether your exclusion of this class is justified.
Aidan Lawson 22 May 2026
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