Tom Morris



2010.03.09

  No. 1066 

The Apple iPhone Developer Agreement reminds me quite a bit of the Church of Scientology's Sea Org whose members sign a billion-year employment contract. Still, the end result of the iPhone contract is we get lots of 59p iPhone apps that let you simulate drinking Guiness using a mobile telephone, while the end result of the Scientology contract is - err - a significant increase in the amount of bullshit in the world. 2010-03-09T17:00:49ZUntitled entry permalink

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I have an MA in philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London. My philosophical interests are in analytic metaphysics, ontology, modality, the work of , , , and . I have a strange, unfulfilled interest in . I've been influenced by Gadamer, by , , and .

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