About Me
I’m a software engineer, author, and translator. I study the mind, write and translate books, and build websites and tools for thinkers. Services & testimonials
Personal Websites
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blog.dennishackethal.com
I blog about philosophy, coding, and more. I’ve published hundreds of articles there, totaling more than 300,000 words.
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libertythroughreason.com
My new blog dedicated to essays on freedom, rationality, and epistemology.
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hackethalengineering.com
Full-stack web development and cybersecurity are my passion. As a software engineer at Apple, I learned from some of the best engineers in the world.
Selected Writing
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Hard to Vary or Hardly Usable?
A programmer’s critique of David Deutsch’s ‘hard to vary’ criterion.
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Election Results Aren’t as Important as You Think
Why the rules governing the conflict between parties matter more than who wins.
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My Honest Review of The Sovereign Child
A book that challenges traditional parenting and promotes freedom, agency, and rational conflict resolution.
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Don’t Take Fallibilism Too Far
We can’t be certain our ideas are true, but some of them still are.
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Objectivism vs. the Myth of the Framework
How Karl Popper’s ‘myth of the framework’ challenges Ayn Rand’s view that legal order requires a state.
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The True Purpose of Schools
School isn’t about learning. It turns children, born individualists, into altruists.
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The Neo-Darwinian Theory of the Mind
My theory of the mind as an arena of self-replicating ideas.
Featured Projects
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veritula.com
Latin for ‘a bit of truth’, Veritula is a programmatic implementation of Karl Popper’s philosophy. It helps you find a bit of truth and live a life guided exclusively by reason.
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quote-checker.com
Quote Checker helps people quote accurately and correct misquotes.
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A Window on Intelligence
My book on the evolution of the mind, AI ethics and safety, and related topics.
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Translation of The Beginning of Infinity
I worked with luminary physicist David Deutsch to translate his bestselling book The Beginning of Infinity. The translation is my pride and joy.
Contact
Email me at [email protected].
Tweet at me at @dchackethal.
See my open-source contributions on GitHub and Stack Overflow.
Read my resume on LinkedIn.