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Logic Scorecards

Structural audits of public debates. Each scorecard maps the best case for every position, names the fatal flaw, and identifies the shared assumption all sides refuse to examine.

technology 3 min read

Will generative AI eliminate creative jobs?

Three positions on whether generative models displace human creative labour — what each gets right about the technology and where each over- or under-reaches.

1 June 2026

economics

1 scorecard

Does raising the minimum wage reduce employment?

Two positions on the empirical debate that has divided labour economists for thirty years — what each side's strongest evidence shows and where the disagreement actually lives.

30 May 2026 · 3 min read

education

1 scorecard

Should schools ban smartphones during the school day?

A structural logic audit of three competing positions on student device policy — what each gets right, where each argument relies on an unstated assumption, and what all three refuse to examine.

23 May 2026 · 3 min read

environment

1 scorecard

Does individual climate action matter?

Three views on the relationship between individual lifestyle change and collective decarbonisation — and the structural assumption all three share.

27 May 2026 · 3 min read

law

1 scorecard

Should social media platforms be regulated like utilities?

A two-position audit on platform power and First Amendment jurisprudence in the age of algorithmic curation.

25 May 2026 · 3 min read

philosophy

1 scorecard

Is effective altruism a coherent ethical framework?

A two-position audit on philosophical critiques of EA — the strongest case for and against, with all the warrants made visible.

15 May 2026 · 3 min read

science

1 scorecard

Should germline gene editing of human embryos be permitted?

Three positions on heritable human gene editing — the ethical frame each adopts, and the empirical-vs-value distinctions all three blur.

20 May 2026 · 3 min read

Other

Should schools ban smartphones during the school day?

This scorecard audits arguments for banning, managing, or teaching responsible use of personal smartphones, weighing the school's role in maximizing immediate learning against its duty to prepare students for a digitally saturated society.

24 May 2026 · 3 min read

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