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Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò

Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò is an assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University

November 2022

  • Sam Bankman-Fried.

    Is the effective altruism movement in trouble?

    Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò and Joshua Stein
    The scandal surrounding Sam Bankman-Fried is a dire warning about the potential of effective altruism’s power and influence

May 2022

  • ‘The reduction of politics to “culture wars” has never made less sense.’

    Are culture wars really a distraction?

    Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò
    We shouldn’t abandon the culture wars, but we shouldn’t take the bait either. We should build a political culture built around mutual goals

April 2022

  • ‘While many states are welcoming displaced Ukrainians, this is a far cry from how those states typically treat refugees.’

    If the west can harbor Ukrainians, it can accept the many climate refugees to come

    Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò and Beba Cibralic
    The Ukraine war has revealed the double-standards of the Global North’s immigration policies. Refugees from Africa, Asia and Latin America deserve the same sympathy

June 2021

  • Shell’s Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore.

    It’s time to nationalize Shell. Private oil companies are no longer fit for purpose

    Johanna Bozuwa and Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò
    Failing, heavily subsidized private oil companies enjoy the profits of oil extraction while the rest of us pay in tax dollars, human rights abuses, and an unlivable climate