Joe Humphreys
Assistant News Editor at Irish Times
Irish Times journalist, author & producer of @IrishTimes Unthinkable philosophy column #andacyclist. 42 is not the meaning of life but what is?
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
There are formative cultural experiences in all our lives. I’ll never forget hearing The Smiths for the first time, watching The Breakfast Club, and reading Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue. Alasdair who, I hear you say? For fans of the Scottish philosopher, who died last month aged 96, his barnstorming book on the future of western thought felt like an intellectual coming-of-age.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
The hysteria surrounding Trump’s tariffs prompted me to dust down my old economics textbook. I was reminded that tariffs are a legitimate, albeit imprecise and potentially counterproductive, tool used by governments to try to help grow domestic industries. There was nothing in what I learned as an economics student at university to suggest tariffs were inherently evil.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
Pope Francis was a nice fella, but was he wrong about hope? Diagnosing the problems of the modern world, he argued that what we need more than anything today is belief in a better future. Yet many of the worst actors globally are infused with overconfidence, or excessive optimism. Hope itself appears to have become an impediment to tackling urgent challenges. Action on climate change is weakened by a general hope technology will come to the rescue.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
I’m a cyclist and I’m ashamed to admit it does sometimes give me a sense of moral superiority. It’s not my best trait, but I have had impure thoughts as I sail past long lines of traffic in sunny weather. It feels like karma. The gods are rewarding me for my virtue and punishing the petrolheads. So when a car suddenly encroaches on my space I say: “Don’t you know, I’m a messenger from the gods?
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
Poor Donald Trump. Just a week ago he declared only “a stupid person” would turn down a $400 million luxury plane presented to him as a personal gift by Qatari royals. But it seems like he is the stupid one twice over.
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Pope Francis vs Jordan Peterson: Two types of self-help (from the @IrishTimesOpEd #Unthinkable archives) https://t.co/VsvrYXnJ4g https://t.co/J2W3LsC6pS
Three things we give up when we turn away from Catholicism. Reposting for the day that's in it RIP #PopeFrancis https://t.co/bXKhaAUUak https://t.co/YEntgCaMhd
RT @JuliaDavisNews: “You don’t look grateful.” https://t.co/oQuuBeos8V