Being in Time
How much should we value the past, the present, and the future?
The New Yorker
Topics: Bias Decision-Making Happiness Rationality
Why Sharing Personal Stories Is More Important Than Facts in Bridging Political Divide
Facts may be essential for good governance, but the path to political tolerance is through sharing personal experiences.
USA Today
Topics: Belief Empathy Morality Rationality
Thinking Clearly Requires Feeling Deeply
Much of what you think you know about the brain is wrong. Lisa Feldman Barrett is here to change that — and to help you make your life better in the process.
The Boston Globe
Topics: Awe Emotion Rationality
Even When Optimism Has Been Lost, Hope Has a Role to Play
Psyche
Topics: Hope Optimism Rationality Values
Justifying the Means: What It Means to Treat All Suffering Equally
Peter Singer believes there are no moral absolutes, and that logic and calculation are better guides to moral behavior than feelings and intuitions.
Hidden Brain, NPR
Topics: Decision-Making Ethics Morality Rationality Values
Our Better Angels: What We Lose When We Assume People Are Bad
Is there a hidden cost to the rest of us when we put bad actors at the center of our thinking? Do the measures we put in place to curtail the selfish inadvertently hurt our capacity to do right by others?
Topics: Ethics Generosity Rationality Values
Coronavirus and the Contagion of Fear
Why irrational fear can make people respond to a crisis (such as the coronavirus pandemic) in dangerous ways.
CBS News Sunday Morning
Topics: David DeSteno Emotion Rationality
Mass Panic Is Unlikely, Even During a Pandemic
Hollywood tells us humans are prone to lose all rationality in a disaster, looting and trampling one another. But that’s not giving our brains any credit.
WIRED
Topics: Altruism Cooperation Decision-Making Rationality Resilience Social Inequality
Why We Need to Be More Emotional to Save the World
If our species wants to enjoy a long-term future, it might need to tap into the very human qualities of emotion.
BBC Future
Topics: Altruism Awe Cooperation Decision-Making Emotion Empathy Flourishing Rationality
Is Rationality Overrated?
Sometimes, it’s better to be reasonable.
Future Perfect, Vox
Topics: Cooperation Decision-Making Morality Rationality
The Strange Appeal of Perverse Actions
Why do we enjoy doing things for no good reason?
Topics: Morality Rationality
Humans: Doing More With Less
A talk by Tom Griffiths.
Edge
Topics: Cognition Decision-Making Intelligence Rationality
Has Humanity Reached ‘Peak Intelligence’?
Are our IQs set to increase forever, or are we on the cusp of decline? David Robson explores the past, present, and future of intelligence.
Topics: Bias Cognition Cognitive Development Creativity Decision-Making Education Human Evolution Intelligence Rationality
Why Fiction Trumps Truth
We humans know more truths than any species on earth. Yet we also believe the most falsehoods.
The Stone, The New York Times
Topics: Belief Cooperation Power Rationality
Should Animals, Plants, and Robots Have the Same Rights as You?
How humanity’s idea of who deserves moral concern has grown — and will keep growing.
Topics: Altruism Intellectual Humility Morality Rationality Robots Technology
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.
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
Steven Pinker Interview
Steven Pinker is the author of, most recently, Enlightenment Now.
The Panpsycast
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
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