I study how we direct our own minds through attention and its impact on things like perception, action, & consciousness, now extending to collective attention and digital technologies. PI at philosophydata.org, Editor-in-Chief at philosophymindscience.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mltxipmukc2jIt really cheered me to see that my (undergraduate!) student's excellent thesis paper on AI art had a bibliography full of "philosophy journal, forthcoming." I think because it shows just how hard they worked this term to find good, relevant scholarship, pushing to the very edge of what's out there.14 May 2026 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltxipmukc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mljd3juvmc2nI attended a magical workshop in Canterbury last week with many good moments, but a favorite occurred on my last morning as I opened my window to listen to the birds at 4 am and a visitor popped in for a cuddle10 May 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljd3juvmc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3miwaexg32s2qFor people in the Central Valley: there will be TWO talks by Dr. Jelle Bruineberg (Copenhagen) at #UCMerced this week. One is public and criticizes the idea that we face "too much information," and the other is academic/scholarly and focused on a problem for attention theorists. All are welcome!07 Apr 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwaexg32s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3miw47jbh5225“Take our political problems…The idea that we might conceivably have something to learn from our traditional, non-technological, culture is not at all starry-eyed. Ideally, politics is applied ethics. But ethical wisdom does not necessarily increase with technological advancement."--Wiredu #philsky07 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw47jbh5225https://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mim6l4jr3k2iFolks, they found the seat of consciousness! #philsky [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim6l4jr3k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mia3kysnhc2rI was just in Portugal to give a talk, and had some anxiety about being an American abroad. Folks, the people I met were incredibly kind. One shop assistant gave me her own adaptor (to keep) because they didn't sell any in her shop. A waiter told me he thought the US was just young and would learn +29 Mar 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia3kysnhc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mhzpmzqzec2gVisiting one of the world’s oldest universities doesn’t disappoint #Coimbra27 Mar 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzpmzqzec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mhfyapdmk22yStudents who say “Mills” finally vindicated! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfyapdmk22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mgsa72cknk2bAcademics: new* insult just dropped. *new since 187811 Mar 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsa72cknk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mgpjhxbkws2jExcellent post on financial satisfaction and labor status for graduate students by Kino Zhao @kinozhao.bsky.social at APDA: https://apda.ghost.io/2025-survey-results-financial-satisfaction-and-labour-status-comparison-to-2023/ Short write up here: https://dailynous.com/2026/03/10/unions-strikes-and-the-financial-satisfaction-of-philosophy-phd-students/10 Mar 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpjhxbkws2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mg3dudqiok2s“For Netanyahu, the assassination of Khamenei is a major success. Facing crucial elections that could mean the possible end of his political life and maybe his imprisonment over four corruption charges, the short-term gain in popularity and votes is worth it.” Some helpful insights here. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2026/3/2/ayatollah-ali-khameneis-assassination-will-likely-backfire-here-is-why02 Mar 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3dudqiok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mfkaiic3rk25TFW you just agree to this thing and that thing and pretty soon Overleaf tells you it has been almost a month since the last time you logged in to edit your paper that is overdue, but you can't help yourself so you agree to another thing.23 Feb 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkaiic3rk25https://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3memahmxw6k2dFor those who like good news about philosophy: https://dailynous.com/2026/02/11/placement-program-ratings-student-comments-and-keywords-an-apda-update-guest-post/11 Feb 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3memahmxw6k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cdj.bsky.social/post/3mdqdatlvak2vAnother chilling story. Alberto Castañeda Mondragón is said to have entered the country legally with no criminal history, a job and family. After being racially profiled by ICE he suffers injuries that give him brain damage, memory loss, an inability to work, and large medical bills. Disgusting. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:kau5jkbkl4owc2j7pbwsbuub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqdatlvak2v