MacatArtificial Intelligence and the morality minefieldImagine yourself in a car powered by the latest super-smart artificial intelligence (A.I.). Three pedestrians recklessly burst onto the…Jul 28, 2016Jul 28, 2016
MacatWHAT BREXIT, PLATO AND BOATY MCBOATFACE CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT DEMOCRACYAs Britain’s Natural Environment Research Council knows, strange and wonderful things can happen when the general public is asked to make…Jul 11, 2016Jul 11, 2016
MacatAre terrorists ‘evil’? Philip Zimbardo and the darkness within us allOn November 13th 2015, Omar Ismael Mostefai detonated an explosive belt at the Bataclan Theater in Paris, killing 89 people. The French…Jun 10, 2016Jun 10, 2016
MacatUnderstanding terrorism with Nietzsche, Kissinger and 4 other great thinkersAn 11-year-old boy who pleaded with his mother to take him to the park, killed by a suicide bomber who detonated just yards from a set of…Apr 18, 2016Apr 18, 2016
MacatinLearn Deeper, Think SmarterBERNIE SANDERS — THE FIRST SOCIALIST US PRESIDENT?By Susan Roth Breitzer, Ph.D.Mar 15, 2016Mar 15, 2016
MacatinLearn Deeper, Think SmarterWhat 4 female writers of the past can teach us about the future of feminismMarch 8th is International Women’s Day, when global attentions will focus on the achievements of women, and the steps that still need to be…Mar 8, 2016Mar 8, 2016
MacatinLearn Deeper, Think SmarterHow capitalism and human rights can explain the zika panicThere are few things more terrifying than an epidemic unfolding in real time, when the true cause of a disease is still unknown, and before…Mar 4, 2016Mar 4, 2016
MacatinLearn Deeper, Think SmarterHow to win the presidency: 5 tips from Plato, Aristotle, and other great thinkersAmidst the frenzy leading up to Super Tuesday, when eleven U.S. states hold primaries in a single day, we turned to some of history’s…Mar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016
MacatinLearn Deeper, Think SmarterWhat Plato, Sun Tzu, and 5 Other Geniuses Can Teach You About Being a Great LeaderWhen setting out into the world with an exciting, disruptive idea, it’s easy to forget that once the idea works you have to run the…Mar 2, 2016Mar 2, 2016
MacatinMiddle of Nowhere, Center of EverythingSuper Tuesday: Tocqueville’s democratic dream… or nightmare?By Vanessa Burrows, Ph.D., guest contributorMar 1, 2016Mar 1, 2016
