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Popular Articles

Here you will find a selection of my articles written for a broad audience.

You can find my academic writing on the Academic Page

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Selected Popular Essays

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We've Been Thinking about AI All Wrong

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Why I Left the University (and Took Philosophy with Me)

 

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Do We Really Think AI Will Cure Our Loneliness?

 

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The Future of AI Is Not About Intelligence. It’s About Who Has the Nerve to Ask Why.

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Why Silicon Valley’s Brightest Minds in AI Are Calling on Philosophers

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Substack

Launching September 17, 2025

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Provoking

BABEl

A New Substack by Brandon Rickabaugh

Rethinking the Ideas and Technologies

that Form Us and Culture

Provoking Babel is a space for challenging the hidden assumptions behind today’s cultural renegotiation of what it means to be human. It stirs clear, creative thinking about mind, meaning, and AI, framed by deeper questions about reality, knowledge, and living a good life.

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