"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - November 2020
Everyone's Gay In Space: Douglas Junior goes to lunch with his successful, gay, astronaut clone. The Formula: A group of boys get into a car crash and an AI algorithm is forced to decide who lives and dies. Externalities: A traveling wise man gives each customer the service they need, and teaching his apprentice a valuable lesson about externality. God Is Alive: A would-be atheist philosopher has a personal interaction with God and is given a physics defying miracle of proof. Alpha-Dye Shirt Factory: A fire breaks out at the garment factory and one worker has to make a life or death choice. The Truth About Thurman: Two Americans are captured by a terrorist group who give the government a choice, pick one for us to let go free, or we kill them both.After Dinner Conversation believes humanity is improved by ethics and morals grounded in philosophical truth. Philosophical truth is discovered through intentional reflection and respectful debate. In order to facilitate that process, we have created a growing series of short stories, audio and video podcast discussions, across genres, as accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family.