Science & the Big Questions

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.

Kellogg Insight

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.

Kellogg Insight

Topics: Adam Waytz Bias Tribalism