Societies Are Tearing Apart, But They Can Be Brought Together
We must reduce the social distance between people and focus on shared human traits, says Adam Waytz, author of The Power of Human.
Open Future, The Economist
Topics: Adam Waytz Bias Cognition Group Conflict Power Violence
The Appeal of Handmade in an Era of Automation
This excerpt from the book The Power of Human explains why we continue to equate human effort with value.
Kellogg Insight
Topics: Adam Waytz Kurt Gray Meaning Values
How Neuroscience Shows the Highs and Lows of Humanity
Here’s what neuroscience and psychology have to say about how people humanize and dehumanize one another.
Big Think
Topics: Adam Waytz Cooperation Group Conflict
How to Build Connections in a Dehumanized World
A new book explores why dehumanization might be increasing in modern society — and what we can do about it.
Greater Good Magazine
Topics: Adam Waytz Group Conflict Technology
Why Do Whistleblowers Risk Speaking Out?
Adam Waytz is digging deeper into the act of whistleblowing to understand why some people risk everything to speak out against wrongdoings.
TEDMED
Topics: Adam Waytz Ethics Fairness Morality Robots Values
How Humans and Machines Can Live and Work Together
We must optimize the division of labor between humans and machines to ensure that human + machine is superior to either working in isolation.
CNN Business
Topics: Adam Waytz Ethics Robots Technology
What Makes Deceit Such a Hard Habit to Break?
New research gets at the psychology behind serial misconduct.
Topics: Adam Waytz Agency Deception Ethics Honesty Morality
No, You Can’t Feel Sorry for Everyone
The idea of empathy for all ignores the limits of human psychology.
Nautilus
Topics: Adam Waytz Empathy Morality
The Dark Psychology of Dehumanization, Explained
As anti-Muslim rhetoric increases under Trump, more Americans are seeing Muslims as less than human.
Vox
Topics: Adam Waytz Group Conflict Violence
The Psychology Behind Fake News
Although the term “fake news” reflects our troubled political moment, the phenomenon is nothing new, and neither is the psychology that explains its persistence.
Topics: Adam Waytz Bias Tribalism
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