Forbes

Is Social Media Changing How We Think?

I was talking to a group of zombies. Not actual zombies, but a group of young people on their phones, staring at small glowing screens instead of making eye contact. They were half-listening and ...
The Chronicle

Exploring how we think, feel and socialize: A look into mental health research at Duke

A Duke research team published a study in July exploring how different motivations can drastically influence a person’s memory, thinking habits and mental health. The team included Alyssa Sinclair, a ...
The New York Times

We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust

Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza. By Marianne Hirsch and M. Gessen Produced by Jillian Weinberger In the wake of the Oct. 7 ...
The Conversation

Three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war

Duncan Depledge receives funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council. He is an Associate Fellow of the London-based Royal United Services Institute and a Non-Resident Fellow of the ...
Psychology Today

How Artificial Intelligence Shapes How We Think, Act, and Connect

We are in the middle of a digital transformation. Despite the headlines, the biggest issues are not TikTok’s survival, screen time, or cell phone bans. These are just symptoms of a deeper cultural ...
The New Yorker

Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It

In January, the computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton gave a lecture to Are We Doomed?, a course at the University of Chicago. He spoke via Zoom about whether artificial intelligence poses an existential ...