Jacques Rousseau

Teaches critical thinking & ethics | Harriet Taylor liberal | Co-author of Critical Thinking, Science & Pseudoscience -

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

@RobynPorteous @Rise_Mzansi Good luck, Robyn!

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

General pessimism on AI and education.
https://t.co/sLp5ufoows

[Ryan Coetzee @RyanCoetzee]

Do please read this.

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

These books (the trilogy, I mean) were a delight to read at the time. It's sometimes been less pleasant to live in them.
https://t.co/4v2q4zyHDH

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

While I can't do the whole outrage thing, this was not a good idea. https://t.co/xutnNiCw5V

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

Surveying social media (well, X in this case, alongside comments on articles) on the day of National Elections in South Africa, I have to declare that I would support a qualified franchise, and insist that voters must have a brain.

[Alan Hirsch @AlanHirsch2]

Our project, as beautifully captured in this article:
https://t.co/CbYeYRRUdB

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

@Poplak fully agree

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

Vale, Dan Dennett - you never stopped being interesting, generous, and patient (for the last one, at least up until it became futile): https://t.co/fLLh8seIyP

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

While the vast majority of members of UCT's Senate would be appalled at events in Gaza, an academic boycott is a pointless and irresponsible response.
https://t.co/nJ4vEugS95

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

A Valentine story.
https://t.co/7zFWVvGJ6P

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

Statement on today’s disruption of a lawful protest:

Cape Town’s commitment to tolerance and freedom of expression is sacrosanct

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

A good review of a book that's well-worth reading - both wise and also utterly charming.
https://t.co/QIKmqbpGmj

[Pierre de Vos ⚖️ @pierredevos]

1) Emphatic judgment from SCA today dismissing Mr Jacob Zuma's appeal against High Court judgement enforcing its invalidation of the private prosecution of Mr Billy Downer and Ms Karyn Maughan pending an appeal.

[Karyn Maughan @karynmaughan]

This.

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

"The basic assumptions and attitudes necessary for cultivating free speech do not come to us naturally." (💰). A simple restatement of (an aspect of) the value of an education in the humanities.
https://t.co/8k4nUo1h1p

[Jacques Rousseau @JacquesR]

The salvage of Bark Europa is about to kick off. View from the Radisson Red rooftop bar, V&A Waterfront.