Matthew Smith
@matthewnsmith.bsky.social
Philosophy prof normie
Our future thanks to AI
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Our future thanks to AI
First week of operational solar panels. Already paying for themselves. In mid November. In New England.
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
First week of operational solar panels. Already paying for themselves. In mid November. In New England.
They tell me Mamdani is the threat to my people.
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
They tell me Mamdani is the threat to my people.
Why do we have to AI-proof our classes? Because our students aren't motivated to do the work we assign them.
Either students don't see the point of their educations or their lives are so demanding that they are forced to take shortcuts.
It's not a syllabus problem, folks.
Either students don't see the point of their educations or their lives are so demanding that they are forced to take shortcuts.
It's not a syllabus problem, folks.
September 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Why do we have to AI-proof our classes? Because our students aren't motivated to do the work we assign them.
Either students don't see the point of their educations or their lives are so demanding that they are forced to take shortcuts.
It's not a syllabus problem, folks.
Either students don't see the point of their educations or their lives are so demanding that they are forced to take shortcuts.
It's not a syllabus problem, folks.
For fun, I uploaded my Ethics and Public Policy syllabus to ChatGPT. I asked it to add additional readings to each module.
It gave me about 3 new readings/module and at least half were either incorrectly cited or, worse, totally mode up - fakes.
ChatGPT is bad at scholarship.
It gave me about 3 new readings/module and at least half were either incorrectly cited or, worse, totally mode up - fakes.
ChatGPT is bad at scholarship.
September 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
For fun, I uploaded my Ethics and Public Policy syllabus to ChatGPT. I asked it to add additional readings to each module.
It gave me about 3 new readings/module and at least half were either incorrectly cited or, worse, totally mode up - fakes.
ChatGPT is bad at scholarship.
It gave me about 3 new readings/module and at least half were either incorrectly cited or, worse, totally mode up - fakes.
ChatGPT is bad at scholarship.
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I am teaching Ethics and Public Policy this fall. Here is the syllabus. Comments welcome! (Seriously - please offer suggestions!)
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
September 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I am teaching Ethics and Public Policy this fall. Here is the syllabus. Comments welcome! (Seriously - please offer suggestions!)
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
I am teaching Ethics and Public Policy this fall. Here is the syllabus. Comments welcome! (Seriously - please offer suggestions!)
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
September 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I am teaching Ethics and Public Policy this fall. Here is the syllabus. Comments welcome! (Seriously - please offer suggestions!)
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
Thanks to @jowolff.bsky.social for alerting me to citation infelicities!
London's Metropolitan Police have arrested Palestine solidarity activists at a Quaker meeting house. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/six-...
Six Youth Demand campaigners arrested while attending meeting in London
morningstaronline.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
London's Metropolitan Police have arrested Palestine solidarity activists at a Quaker meeting house. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/six-...
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The Abundance Agenda as Anti-Politics
Deal-making is not political morality
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Abundance Agenda as Anti-Politics
Deal-making is not political morality
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wu just made this guy tear up a little.
March 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Wu just made this guy tear up a little.
The abundance agenda is anti-politics. It's a technocratic attempt to dodge the hard political questions of the moment. Don't be fooled!
March 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The abundance agenda is anti-politics. It's a technocratic attempt to dodge the hard political questions of the moment. Don't be fooled!
On Judeopessimism and Jewish complicity
This short essay traces some connections between evolving conceptions of Jewishness and the rise of authoritarianism.
American Jewish identity has been hijacked by the Right and we are partially responsible for that.
open.substack.com/pub/matthewn...
This short essay traces some connections between evolving conceptions of Jewishness and the rise of authoritarianism.
American Jewish identity has been hijacked by the Right and we are partially responsible for that.
open.substack.com/pub/matthewn...
Reflections on Jewish Complicity
On the relation between mainstream Jewish politics and authoritarian assaults on universities and free speech.
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
On Judeopessimism and Jewish complicity
This short essay traces some connections between evolving conceptions of Jewishness and the rise of authoritarianism.
American Jewish identity has been hijacked by the Right and we are partially responsible for that.
open.substack.com/pub/matthewn...
This short essay traces some connections between evolving conceptions of Jewishness and the rise of authoritarianism.
American Jewish identity has been hijacked by the Right and we are partially responsible for that.
open.substack.com/pub/matthewn...
I wrote a bit about Jewish complicity with authoritarianism. Below is a paragraph from the piece.
Read the whole thing here: substack.com/@matthewnoah...
Read the whole thing here: substack.com/@matthewnoah...
March 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I wrote a bit about Jewish complicity with authoritarianism. Below is a paragraph from the piece.
Read the whole thing here: substack.com/@matthewnoah...
Read the whole thing here: substack.com/@matthewnoah...
Some notes on the role of Jewish organizations and the current authoritarian assault on free speech and universities. matthewnoahsmith.substack.com/p/ba74345a-7...
Matthew Noah Smith
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University. Click to read Matthew Noah Smith, a Substack publication. Launched 3 days ago.
matthewnoahsmith.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Some notes on the role of Jewish organizations and the current authoritarian assault on free speech and universities. matthewnoahsmith.substack.com/p/ba74345a-7...
What a banger. youtu.be/BC4wr02mUVo?...
Hot Guacamole (MF DOOM, MC Paul Barman)
YouTube video by Rick Deckard
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What a banger. youtu.be/BC4wr02mUVo?...
Bernie Sanders is drawing thousands of people to his rallies.
I'd also wager that the Democratic Party elite thinks that the main threat they face is the left flank of their own party.
Even if the Dems take back the House in 2026, they will merely slow the descent to authoritarianism.
I'd also wager that the Democratic Party elite thinks that the main threat they face is the left flank of their own party.
Even if the Dems take back the House in 2026, they will merely slow the descent to authoritarianism.
March 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Bernie Sanders is drawing thousands of people to his rallies.
I'd also wager that the Democratic Party elite thinks that the main threat they face is the left flank of their own party.
Even if the Dems take back the House in 2026, they will merely slow the descent to authoritarianism.
I'd also wager that the Democratic Party elite thinks that the main threat they face is the left flank of their own party.
Even if the Dems take back the House in 2026, they will merely slow the descent to authoritarianism.
We are in old fat Caligula territory.
March 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We are in old fat Caligula territory.
I sort of forgot about Chisel and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and man oh man is it good to remember them.
March 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I sort of forgot about Chisel and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and man oh man is it good to remember them.
A parent at my kids' school who works as a staff scientist at Moderna was laid off because of this.
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/trum...
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/trum...
Trump HHS reevaluating Biden administration's $590M bird flu vaccine contract with Moderna: Bloomberg
The Department of Health and Human Services is reevaluating a $590 million contract for avian influenza mRNA vaccines that the prior administration struck with Moderna, Bloomberg first
www.fiercebiotech.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A parent at my kids' school who works as a staff scientist at Moderna was laid off because of this.
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/trum...
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/trum...
Gonna use this video when teaching Iris Young on social groups and structural injustice. Let's see if I end up on some DEI professor list. theonion.com/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult
The court ruled a white teen who stabbed a classmate to death will face the jury as a 300-pound black man.
theonion.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Gonna use this video when teaching Iris Young on social groups and structural injustice. Let's see if I end up on some DEI professor list. theonion.com/judge-rules-...
More in touch with morality than most rabbis.
March 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
More in touch with morality than most rabbis.
It took me 5 minutes - actually 4 minutes 38 seconds (I timed it) to call my senators & congressman about Mahmoud Khalil.
Please do the same.
Please do the same.
March 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It took me 5 minutes - actually 4 minutes 38 seconds (I timed it) to call my senators & congressman about Mahmoud Khalil.
Please do the same.
Please do the same.
Trump promises more arrests to come:
March 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Trump promises more arrests to come: