You Are a Person, First
On moral obligation to humanity, beyond Jewish law
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Writing periodically at the intersection of Torah and Jewish history (or whatever else) in between podcasting about the Rishonim.
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Some Shavuos Reading/Sources
On questions of how Torah is transmitted through books and teachers
Rabbinic Discourse on AI is Upside-Down (Part 2): They Took Our Jobs
Some thoughts about job displacement due to technological advancement from a Torah perspective
It’s Not (Just) About Jewish Law
Slightly against "halakha" as law (and also, it's about AI, because ugh I've become one of THOSE people who won't shut up about it, sorry)
AI Ethics as Applied Rabbinical Studies
More on (one of) my latest projects
Rabbinic Discourse on Artificial Intelligence is Upside-Down: Interlude #1
Part 1.5 of a series; AI as idol-worship
Modesty, Influence, and My Internet Posts (Edited)
Thinking in public about thinking in public (because of AI, of course)
Parashas Mikeitz: The Light We Cannot Yet See
Another "celebrating Hannukah in difficult times" message
The Shofar-cry in Time of Trouble
"And if we are servants, our eyes look only to You"
Parashas Chukas (sorta): Mitzvos and Mysticism
Is religion, and religious ritual specifically, supposed to make sense? A long but insufficient essay on the theoretical place of rationalism and mysticism within Jewish observance.