Gambling And Metaphysics

The Machine Is Friendly

Lauren Leek | Lauren's Data Substack | 15th April 2026

Insightful, data-driven comparison of how differing approaches to gambling regulation have shaped life in Britain and Australia. The former saw its "third places" close under austerity, while the latter incentivised football clubs and veterans' organisations to stay open by allowing gambling machines. Neither really worked, especially as online betting and prediction markets took over (3,300 words)

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The Metaphysics Of The Good

Matthew B. Crawford | Hedgehog Review | 15th April 2026

Iris Murdoch was a "formidable student of philosophy" and her work in this field should be treasured. "Murdoch’s positive project is arrestingly unconventional. She argues for the central place of love, not just in interpersonal ethics where one might expect to find a discussion of love, but as an epistemic principle. Loving is at the root of our capacity to apprehend the world in its true colours" (4,900 words)