Paul Kelleher
@paulkelleher.net
Moral and political philosophy, climate economics, bioethics
Author of *The Social Cost of Carbon* (OUP 2025) | Faculty @UWMadison, posting in personal capacity
Likes: Boston Celtics ☘️, bouldering, ebikes, funding public ed.
paulkelleher.net
Author of *The Social Cost of Carbon* (OUP 2025) | Faculty @UWMadison, posting in personal capacity
Likes: Boston Celtics ☘️, bouldering, ebikes, funding public ed.
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Paul Kelleher
@paulkelleher.net
· Oct 14
I don’t spam y’all much anymore about my book but a photographer at a department event snapped this handsome pic so send tweet
If you are an environmental econ or philosophy grad student who would like to read my book but can’t buy or otherwise access it, just email me!
Philosophers: On World Philosophy Day, hit me with your #1 favorite work of philosophy (article or book).
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Philosophers: On World Philosophy Day, hit me with your #1 favorite work of philosophy (article or book).
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Heinous.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Heinous.
We Die Alone, by David Howarth
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We Die Alone, by David Howarth
“You know what pamphlets are. They ramble. They go into sections and subsections. If they can think of a phrase like ‘the basic fundamentals of the principles governing distribution,’ they shove it in.” — P. G. Wodehouse, “Archibald and the Masses”
man we should bring back the pamphlet
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“You know what pamphlets are. They ramble. They go into sections and subsections. If they can think of a phrase like ‘the basic fundamentals of the principles governing distribution,’ they shove it in.” — P. G. Wodehouse, “Archibald and the Masses”
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Trying to assess GOP health plans right now is like “trying to read tea leaves, only the cup is full of mud”
— @adrianna.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
— @adrianna.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
The Not-So-Impressive “New” Health Care Ideas Republicans Want to Rush Out
What GOP leaders are missing in their mad scramble to remake health care policy.
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Trying to assess GOP health plans right now is like “trying to read tea leaves, only the cup is full of mud”
— @adrianna.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
— @adrianna.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
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The CIA determined that Bin Salman ordered the hit.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The CIA determined that Bin Salman ordered the hit.
logging off
24 hr Nuzz cycle
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
logging off
Beware: this seems a reasonable take, but it’s only true by accident.
Honestly for the most part knowledge is actually justified true belief and you can sorta not worry about the counter-examples. It's fine.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Beware: this seems a reasonable take, but it’s only true by accident.
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Good morning! Here’s a pic of a cute pup in Portland ME who has very good taste.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good morning! Here’s a pic of a cute pup in Portland ME who has very good taste.
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This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal
Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...
thenewjournalatyale.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.
Honestly can’t believe we’re doing this again
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Honestly can’t believe we’re doing this again
Imagine if they listed cancelled cancer trials like this
CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine if they listed cancelled cancer trials like this
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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5/ Please do not suggest that there is any sense in which Summers contributions are unique or essential, that is simply nonsense. It is not how social science works, with exceptions too rare to disprove a general rule.
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
5/ Please do not suggest that there is any sense in which Summers contributions are unique or essential, that is simply nonsense. It is not how social science works, with exceptions too rare to disprove a general rule.
A talk I recently gave to energy-interested STEM students. youtu.be/SxwSmz9UGeg
The Social Cost of Carbon and Climate Policy Analysis
YouTube video by Wisconsin Energy Institute
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A talk I recently gave to energy-interested STEM students. youtu.be/SxwSmz9UGeg
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This was healing for me! I learned more about my parents, especially my Mom!
What an incredible, touching story from Dan Shaughnessy about Karen Kenyatta Russell -- Bill Russell's daughter -- meeting Bob Cousy for the first time. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/s...
Bill Russell’s daughter had never met Bob Cousy. Until now. - The Boston Globe
Karen Russell knew Cousy had been public about regrets for not doing more for her father when the two were teammates.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This was healing for me! I learned more about my parents, especially my Mom!
Philosophers who wanna talk shop on a plane should hand out earplugs and snacks like those new parents do.
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Philosophers who wanna talk shop on a plane should hand out earplugs and snacks like those new parents do.
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Just learned about Hanna’s book title and I thought you guys would want to know
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just learned about Hanna’s book title and I thought you guys would want to know
Sometimes I just can’t believe the pap (and worse) a person will lowkey tap out on a qwerty ipad keyboard
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Sometimes I just can’t believe the pap (and worse) a person will lowkey tap out on a qwerty ipad keyboard
Only one way this route works and it's called the NHS.
Tim Burchett: "It seems kinda crazy, but in the future maybe we oughta bring the patients and the doctors to the table and tell the insurance companies they can go take a flying leap."
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Only one way this route works and it's called the NHS.
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I am particularly proud of this snippet that they pulled
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I am particularly proud of this snippet that they pulled
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I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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I'm guessing this also was when Helen Keller made the biopic about her life. Something I've never heard of -- she stars at herself. Called 'Deliverance' and released in 1919, it's actually a pretty solid film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliver...
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'm guessing this also was when Helen Keller made the biopic about her life. Something I've never heard of -- she stars at herself. Called 'Deliverance' and released in 1919, it's actually a pretty solid film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliver...