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Social Inequality
By better understanding how the brain constructs pain, we may transform how we treat chronic suffering.
Agentic AI pioneer Chetan Dube considers ways that everyone can be lifted by the tide of AI, not just those with the capital to leverage it.
Whether we should tear down philosophy’s Berlin Wall and let East and West finally merge depends entirely on what we think philosophy is—and what it’s for.
In 2021, residents of the top America could expect to live 20.4 years longer than residents of the bottom America.
And, more importantly, what’s being done to get them online?
Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.
"Values emphasizing tolerance and self-expression have diverged most sharply, especially between high-income Western countries and the rest of the world."
There are many problems with relying on SAT and ACT scores for college admissions. But removing them entirely creates less opportunity.
The U.S. ranked 59th worldwide.
Lockdowns moved the burden of COVID from the at-risk elderly to the less-at-risk young. Does this sacrifice merit compensation?
"Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief, and Knox the man who buys the beef." Read the story of 19th-century Scotland's corpse dealers.
Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight. The pathologically cynical always will find a reason to complain.
"When Harry Met Sally" lied to you.
Simple "nudges" to remind people to show up for court could help keep thousands out of jail.
Is true equality achievable — or even desirable? Go on a journey through the strange and unsettling "Land of Justice."
John Templeton Foundation
Ideal models of family life have been broken by societal, technological, and cultural shifts — and we need to rethink our options.
In an age of high quit rates, struggling low-wage employees, and tone-deaf leadership, the call for “good jobs” makes great sense.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
Worldwide, 15% of children are born out of wedlock, but the figure varies from less than 1% in places like China to 69% in Iceland.
A study out of Sweden shows that the highest earning men are slightly less intelligent than those just below them on the economic ladder.
Humanity is in trouble. Here's how aliens could help.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
For decades, the Communist Party of China has relied on reeducation camps to reform "parasites" and persuade people to support the communist cause.
Why, exactly, don't you trust that person's opinion?
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
Science doesn't fit neatly into ideology.
John Templeton Foundation
Polarization or misunderstanding?
Wealth was a cushion, but even being well-off did not protect people from the harmful effects of pandemic stressors.