Derek Estes

Assistant Professor of Ethics and Religion @Pepperdine | Occasionally I tweet about philosophy, chess, sports

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

Because “quickening” was based on bad biology. Also, most did not hold that abortion was “fine” until quickening.

[Joe @JoePostingg]

Abortion is fine until the quickening at which point the fetus becomes ensouled was a perfectly reasonable standard people hammered out thousands of years ago. How did this completely solved problem become a hot button issue?

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

@freganmitts We waited until 3 with our first before giving in. He was always looking out of the window and wanted desperately to have a better view. We turned our 2nd around when he was 2.5. Who knows if this was the right thing to do though

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

@ProLifeIVF @J_K_Wood Where in these sources are you seeing how many embryos are created during IVF vs. how many are implanted? I’m not seeing it after a quick look around

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

@ProLifeIVF @J_K_Wood Where are you getting this information?

[fed_speak @fed_speak]

It’s my daughter’s birthday and I just wanted to say that all of this is true.

You should have kids. It’s a beautiful mess.

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Less than 7% of Harvard freshmen major in the humanities.

Philosopher @jennfrey thinks that says a lot about how we've misunderstood what education is for, a true liberal education isn't yoked to a trade, it's the education that makes you free.

From our SuperSalon "Can the Humanities Be Saved?" with host @a_n_a_berg.

Watch the full conversation here → https://t.co/vdWgxWe08G

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

New newsletter: MODERN FATHERHOOD WOULD BE UNRECOGNIZABLE TO A 1950'S DAD

Compared to their Boomer parents, childcare time among Millennial dads has more than doubled.

Compared to their Silent Generation grandparents, it’s nearly quadrupled.

You will be hard-pressed to find any part of day-to-day modern life that has changed more in the last half-century than the way today’s parents—and fathers, in particular—spend their time.

The new American dad is more present and more exhausted—but also, more satisfied with life. What's behind this half-century transformation? Today's piece combines history, economic analysis, and gorgeous charts galore from @AzizSunderji

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

The defining sickness of our generation is the impulse to isolate oneself and be closed off from others for the sake of short term self-gratification.

See, for example, cell phone use.

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

I think an under appreciated part of the birth rate discourse is that many more young people simply have richer and more textured lives than young people in previous generations: hobbies, travel, meaningful jobs, deep friendships. Children present more possible disruption than they did a generation or two ago.

https://t.co/nKC89a4gbj

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

This is legitimately insane.

Banning cell phones in schools might turn out to be the best thing we’ve done for our kids in a generation.

[𝚃 @T_wontmiss]

24 years old.
Fully paid off Costco hotdog.
It's not "parents money".
It's not luck.
It's consistency.
It's discipline.
I grind EVERYDAY to live this lifestyle.

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

@freganmitts I always tell people I’m a teacher when asked

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

@David_Mahfood The older I get, the more I think the key to happiness is gratitude, and they key to loneliness is ingratitude

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

@_AndrewTucker Congrats, Andrew. My prayer for you will be that you are able to experience your defense as a celebration of the hard work you have done.

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

@henryjkwallis @freganmitts Caring for others, like children, does indeed strike me as the most important kind of work one can engage in. What kind of work would you say is more important?

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

In a group chat with some bioethicists talking about a recent book that just came out, and let me just say: academics are capable of a special kind of trash talk.

[Delicious Tacos @Delicious_Tacos]

I’m the CEO of a hot dog company. I’ve worked on hot dogs for 10 years. And *I* wasn’t prepared for what I’ve just seen. Your life is about to change.

So what can you do?

Buy as many hot dogs as you can. Buy stock in hot dog companies.

[Derek Estes @NotDerekEstes]

I think it’s okay not to have an opinion about the halftime show, actually

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Adding my article references manually

[Soumitra Shukla @soumitrashukla9]

3rd year grad students explaining their research progress

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academic co-authors defending their zero-output working relationship