Philosophy

An ancient Greek philosophical tradition is surprisingly relevant in today’s world of instant information

Philosopher Richard Bett discusses how many internet ‘skeptics’ are doing the exact opposite of what they think

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Cormac McCarthy’s fiction was a dark counter-narrative to American optimism

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Social media moderation standards are more about epistemology than technology

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Internet researcher Renée DiResta discusses the challenges and controversies of content moderation


Why the self-help politics of Marianne Williamson leads nowhere

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Conspirituality podcaster Matthew Remski discusses how the New Age industry birthed a politics of delusion


If misinformation spreads similarly to viruses, can treatments for it be developed?

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Artificial intelligence is going to change the world, but how much of it is hype?

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Gary N. Smith and Jeff Schatten debate and discuss how chatbots will change education, employment, and a lot more


AI isn’t close to becoming sentient, but people seem to want to think it is

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The world’s richest people are starting to realize the system they’ve created is unstable, but they can’t stop

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Author and filmmaker Douglas Rushkoff talks about why oligarchs are planning for disaster and his book, ‘Survival of the Richest’


The old neoliberal consensus is dead, will a ‘designer economy’ replace it?

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Historian Nils Gilman on why leaders on the left and right are realizing the state must play a bigger role in the economy


To make a better future, we must first realize why we didn’t get the one we were promised

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Author Richard Barbrook talks about the failed promises of tech liberation, neoliberalism, and the ‘Californian Ideology’


After envisioning themselves as centrists, tech billionaires like Elon Musk have moved to the far right

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Writers Jacob Silverman and Chris Lehmann discuss Twitter, cryptocurrency, and libertarian radicalization


The January 6th hearings demonstrate how to move forward when dialogue is impossible

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For the first time since Donald Trump emerged on the scene, a national political conversation is excluding obviously malicious nonsense


Low-quality pundits are getting rich telling people what they want to hear, inside the economics and psychology of how it works

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‘Decoding the Gurus’ co-host Matthew Browne on how the tools of acquiring knowledge are being used to destroy it


Democrats haven’t realized that you can’t defend democracy without explaining it

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To counter right-wing authoritarianism, the center-left must articulate a broad vision of a progressive society


Embracing uncertainty may be a better way to cure conspiracist thinking

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If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, labels can make the truth that much harder to find


America’s polarization is ultimately an epistemic problem

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Former libertarian writer and policy wonk Will Wilkinson discusses how many far-right Christians and secular libertarians have decided that facts are optional and evidence does not matter


Ghost stories tell us more about ourselves than the supernatural creatures they describe

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Resorting to the supernatural to explain the unexplainable is a failure of imagination


Want to ‘do your own research’ on vaccines or anything else? First realize what research actually means

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In order to credibly dispute the conclusions of experts, you have to be one yourself


Bad people who are Christians are still Christians, no matter how that makes other Christians feel

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If Christians want dialogue with people outside of the faith, they need to be willing to admit that even ‘true’ Christianity can sometimes get things wrong


Why critical thinking is the long-term cure for disinformation

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While combating specific false beliefs is important, in the long run, helping people learn to spot misinformation is the best way to counter it


In the abortion debate, don’t pretend that biology can answer the question of when humanity begins

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Science can observe the various phases of fetal development, but it cannot determine when human life begins


 

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