Ed Gibney
Writer of fiction and philosophy. I explore how understanding evolution can change our worldview. (Hint, eugenics was dead wrong.) evphil.com.
US-Brit now in Vienna 🇦🇹. Ex-FBI and Secret Service. Peace Corps 🇺🇦. Slava Ukraini! Still not a podcaster.
- Reposted by Ed GibneyThe 50 wealthiest families in the UK own more than 34 million people combined. That level of inequality is totally unsustainable. A wealth tax isn’t radical - it’s inevitable. And the Green Party will keep making the case.
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- The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. www.cato.org/white-paper/...
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- Literally every song with an autotuned voice. Get some skills modern singers.
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- David Brooks spells out in his farewell article exactly why I turned to philosophy after years of work in engineering and then business. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
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- Reposted by Ed GibneyMy newspaper column, just out, on the ongoing suppression of the intelligence services’ security assessment… PLEASE SHARE WIDELY www.edp24.co.uk/news/2581162... #climate #biodiversity #news
- Reposted by Ed GibneyRecorded a new episode substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Reposted by Ed GibneyLet's talk about who funds Reform. Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been. Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform. Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
- Reposted by Ed GibneyAnthropic's new 'constitution' for Claude marks a new low in wacky and soppy thinking from Silicon Valley. In case you hadn't realised how weird it has all got, read this: www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
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- Reposted by Ed GibneyThis week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- I can highly recommend learning with Paul and ProSocial.
- Reposted by Ed GibneyNew post: walterveit.substack.com/p/panpsychis...
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- Hate to see Labour collapsing but wow what an opportunity for the Greens to make headway. Go Green! 💚 🚦
- Labour MPs are rightly calling today's decision 'petty factionalism'. It's time to stop being disappointed in them, and instead join the only campaign that can beat Reform in this by-election: actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
- When I worked for the FBI, there was so much pride to be there. It was cool to exit HQ every day and see tourists posing for pictures in front of the building. Now those feelings are all gone. What a disaster for justice and fighting crime. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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- Reposted by Ed Gibney10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs. More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- I love this work from Rebecca. It dovetails perfect with my evolutionary philosophy, which grounds morality in the survival and thriving of life. We are a dual inheritance species governed by genes AND culture. Mattering is a way of finding genetic and/or cultural thriving.
- Just an amazing and inspiring keynote from Fish Stark, Executive Director of the @americanhumanist.bsky.social. If you need a lift, set aside some time and go to 3:54:36 and check it out. Makes me proud to be a Humanist. www.youtube.com/live/c40joAX...
- Nice article in latest newsletter from @ffrf.org.web.brid.gy. "To acknowledge the limits of science or to feel a deep connection to nature is entirely consistent with atheism. And it doesn’t suggest that one is spiritual." www.freethoughttoday.com/free/alfie-k...
- Yep. Classic Soviet propaganda tactic to accuse the other side of what you are doing.
- Hear hear! Great to see someone put panpsychism in its proper place.
- Just posted some more reflections on panpsychism and the state of philosophy. walterveit.substack.com/p/minds-all-...
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- Reposted by Ed GibneyNow available in video format: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swpx...
