The Matrix — The Good Men Project

Slaves and Robots

February 20, 2013 By Carl Pettit 9 Comments

If we invent a machine with a personality and desires, does it deserve freedom?

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Freedom, Historical Perspectives on Goodness, Root Down, The Good Life Tagged With: apocalypse, artificial intelligence, caste systems, consciousness, cyborgs, dangerous work, debt, developing world, employment, equality, ethics, Future, history, history of slavery, human rights, I Robot, illegal immigrants, indentured servitude, intelligence, Isaac Asimov, labor, migrant workers, modern slavery, morals, oppressed workers, philosophy, predictions, robots, science fiction, sentience, slavery, social justice, star wars, Sterling Archer, Technology, Terminator, The Matrix, trafficked labor, trafficked workers, undocumented workers, unmanned drones, virtual enslavement

Confession Time: I Called a Phone Psychic

December 21, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 3 Comments

Jamie Reidy undergoes a psychic reading on the phone and writes about it—as predicted.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men Are Funny Tagged With: Alec Baldwin, dionne warwick, Hunt for Red October, Jamie Reidy, men are funny, Nostradamus, Oracle, phone psychic, psychic, psychic hotline, The Matrix

Are We Just a Bunch of Wires?

March 18, 2012 By Andrew Ladd 6 Comments

A new book about neuroscience says humans are nothing more than the connections between our brain cells. How does that change what it means to be a good man?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Technology Tagged With: 2001 Space Odyssey, book review, brain, Connectome, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, good man, man vs. machine, MIT, neuroscience, Sebastian Seung, Steven Pinker, Terminator, The Matrix

Do You Remember Your First Time?

February 25, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 5 Comments

Spilling the beans: At 36 years old, Jamie Reidy dishes on his first time…drinking coffee.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions Tagged With: caffeine, Caribou Coffee, Chicago, Diet Coke, Espresso Cooler, Jamie Reidy, latte, Los Angeles, Naperville, The Matrix, virginity

Feeling Fatherhood

June 15, 2011 By Brian Gresko 3 Comments

When do you start to feel like a father? For Brian Gresko, it was during a solo visit to the NICU after a traumatic delivery.

Filed Under: Father's Day, Featured Content Tagged With: birth, birthing center, Brian Gresko, complications, Father's Day, fatherhood, pregnancy, The Matrix

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Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.