Damon Horowitz

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Damon Horowitz is a philosophy professor and serial entrepreneur. He is best known for his TED talks on teaching philosophy in prison{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/damon_horowitz |title=Damon Horowitz, Prison Philosopher |publisher=TED Conferences |date= |author= |accessdate= May 5, 2017}} and the ethics of the technology industry,{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/damon_horowitz |title=Damon Horowitz |publisher=TED Conferences |date= |author= |accessdate= May 5, 2017}} and for his advocacy for the humanities in the technology industry.{{cite journal |author=Damon Horowitz |url=http://chronicle.com/article/From-Technologist-to/128231/ |title=From Technologist to Philosopher |journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=July 17, 2011 }}

Horowitz earned a BA from Columbia University, a MS in Artificial Intelligence from the MIT Media Lab, and a PhD in Philosophy at Stanford University.{{cite web |url=http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2009/public/schedule/speaker/68854 |title=Speaker: Damon Horowitz |publisher=Web 2.0 Expo, 2009 |accessdate=May 24, 2016 |archive-date=August 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801005402/http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2009/public/schedule/speaker/68854 |url-status=dead }} He began his career in technology, later returning to Stanford to earn a PhD in philosophy.{{cite news |author=Carolyn Gregoire |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/why-philosophy-majors-rule_n_4891404.html |title=The Unexpected Way Philosophy Majors Are Changing The World Of Business |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=March 5, 2014 |accessdate=May 24, 2016 }}

He was a co-founder of the search engine Aardvark, Perspecta, and Novation Biosciences.{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/damon_horowitz |title=Damon Horowitz: Philosopher, Entrepreneur |publisher=TED Conferences |date= |author= |accessdate= May 24, 2016}} He was also In-House Philosopher/Director of Engineering at Google.{{cite news |url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/05/14/damon-horowitz-moral-operating-system/ |title=Google's in-house philosopher: Technologists need a "moral operating system" |newspaper=Venturebeat|date=May 14, 2011 |author=Anthony Ha |accessdate= May 24, 2016}}

Horowitz teaches courses in philosophy, AI, and cognitive science at NYU, Stanford,{{cite web |url=https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&academicYear=20162017&q=damon+horowitz |title=Explore_Courses |publisher=StanfordUniversity |accessdate=October 29, 2020 }} Columbia,{{cite web |url=http://www.culpa.info/professors/12568 |title=CULPA |publisher=ColumbiaUniversity |accessdate=October 29, 2020 }} U Penn, and San Quentin State Prison.{{cite web |url=https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/instructor/dhoro |title=A_State_of_Open_Mind_Magazine_Spring_2013 |publisher=CalHum |accessdate=March 5, 2019 }}

Horowitz has served on the Board of Directors of several arts and humanities non-profits, and in 2013 he was elected to the Board of CalHumanities.{{cite web |url=http://calhum.org/files/uploads/other/A_State_of_Open_Mind_Magazine_Spring_2013_web.pdf |title=Damon Horowitz |publisher=Stanford University |accessdate=May 5, 2017 }}

In 2014, Horowitz founded the non-profit Shakespeare theater company "The Oracular Theatre", and directed their production of Julius Caesar.{{cite web |url=http://www.theoraculartheatre.org/who.html |title=The Oracular Theatre |publisher=The Oracular Theatre |accessdate=September 6, 2017 }}