Voltaire’s wonderful satire, Candide, remains a useful work-life antidote to bogus platitudes and naive optimism.
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Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.
The answer is set to change in the year 2113, a recent estimate suggests.
Musical preferences are correlated with personality traits — and these connections are largely consistent across cultures and continents.
Think of a combination of immersive virtual reality, an online role-playing game, and the internet.
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
The answer may lie in the power to see far, far beyond yourself.
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
The truth is out there, but it’s probably not in the latest whistleblower’s report.
Nature may not allow us full access to the weirdness of quantum mechanics.
A recent study illuminated surprising differences in how men and women seek help when struggling with relationships.
The media is deliberately pushing your buttons.
Investments in public libraries are a long-term investment in children and communities.
Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.
Claims of a sudden infestation appear unfounded.
In many ways, we are still novices playing with toy models seeking to understand the stars.
Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.
Who should be compensated?
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
Rooted in Vedic philosophy, “anupalabdhi” — or “non-apprehension” — can help you exploit gaps in the market.
Human thinking is antiquated.
If you believe that you’re perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
Memes communicate complex ideas quickly and efficiently, but that’s precisely what makes them so dangerous.
Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Our state of extreme social interconnectedness has rapidly accelerated the rollercoaster pace at which societal confidence may collapse.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.