Are Politicians More Dangerous to American Democracy Than ISIS or Al Qaeda?

America can learn a lot from tribal dynamics. Sebastian Junger says if we wish to be united, we can start by looking at US platoons serving overseas. | Continue reading


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What makes people distrust science? Surprisingly, not politics

Today, there is a crisis of trust in science. Many people – including politicians and, yes, even presidents – publicly express doubts about the validity of scientific findings. Meanwhile, scientific institutions and journals express their concerns about the public’s increasing di … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 6 years ago

Is artificial intelligence even possible without emotions?

Silicon Valley might just be missing the most important aspect of being human: the ability to feel. | Continue reading


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Does my algorithm have a mental-health problem?

By training algorithms on human data, they learn our biases. | Continue reading


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