The Art of Decision-Making
Your life choices aren’t just about what you want to do; they’re about who you want to be.
The New Yorker
Topics: Decision-Making Rationality Transformation Values
Why Do People Fall for Fake News?
Are they blinded by their political passions? Or are they just intellectually lazy?
The New York Times
Topics: Belief Rationality
Steven Pinker Thinks the Future Is Looking Bright
The Harvard psychologist says he is no starry-eyed optimist. It’s just that the data don’t lie.
Topics: Flourishing Progress Rationality
Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think
‘I don’t believe in God, I believe in science,’ atheists often argue. But that doesn’t mean their thinking is evidence-based.
The Conversation
Topics: Atheism Belief Cognition Rationality
Is Empathy Good or Bad? Alan Alda Speaks with Paul Bloom
Paul Bloom and Alan Alda discuss their views for and against empathy and find out that they have more in common than they thought.
Clear and Vivid
Topics: Compassion Emotion Empathy Morality Paul Bloom Rationality
Faith and Humility
Ken Taylor and Debra Satz talk to Joshua Hook from the University of North Texas, co-author of Cultural Humility: Engaging Diverse Identities in Therapy.
Philosophy Talk
Topics: Belief Faith Humility Rationality
The Serious Side of Our Mind
How people with their rational imagination create alternatives to reality.
TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin
Topics: Cognition Imagination Rationality
Belief in Our Moral Superiority Is the Most Irrational Self-Enhancing Bias of All
Moral superiority appears to be “a uniquely strong and prevalent form of positive illusion,” Ben Tappin and Ryan McKay write.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Bias Morality Rationality
How Richard Thaler’s ‘Simple Insights’ Led to a Nobel Prize
Katherine Milkman discusses the awarding of the Nobel Prize to behavioral economist Richard Thaler.
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Topics: Decision-Making Rationality Self-Control
Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior.
On Being
Topics: Belief Bias Cognition Decision-Making Krista Tippett Rationality
A Philosopher Who Studies Life Changes Says Our Biggest Decisions Can Never Be Rational
When faced with a potentially transformative choice, L.A. Paul explains the problem at hand.
Quartz
Topics: Decision-Making Rationality Transformation
Want to Be More Optimistic? Consider the Triumph of Human Reason
Yale psychologist Paul Bloom has views on empathy, emotion, and rationality that make him a black sheep among his peers.
Big Think
Topics: Emotion Empathy Morality Optimism Paul Bloom Rationality
Does Empathy Guide or Hinder Moral Action?
Is empathy or rationality the key to being a good person?
Room for Debate, The New York Times
Topics: Compassion Emotion Empathy Jamil Zaki Morality Paul Bloom Rationality
The Difference Between Rationality and Intelligence
One is raw cognitive horsepower. The other is the propensity for reflective thought.
Gray Matter, The New York Times
Topics: Intelligence Rationality
How Should We Make the Most Important Decisions of Our Lives?
When making life’s most important decisions, should we ask for advice or trust intuition?
Slate Book Review
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