The Healthy Society in Fifty Years
By 2065, I predict that we will have evolved societies that explicitly embrace values and goals for ensuring the wellbeing of every person.
Public Policy
The Nurture Effect: A Q&A with Anthony Biglan
In his new book, The Nurture Effect, Psychologist Anthony Biglan describes how interventions aimed at creating nurturing environments could help solve some of society’s most stubborn, harmful, and costly issues.
How Trust Leads to Truth: A Q&A on the U.S. Government’s Search for an Evidence-Based Interrogation Strategy
Since 2010, a group of psychologists has been quietly working for a new U.S. intelligence unit on identifying and developing interrogation methods that work.
Senate Report Calls CIA Tactics Inhumane and Ineffective, Details Unethical Application of Psychology
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) interrogation program following 9/11 details a horrifying program of physical and psychological torture that they argue was ineffective in eliciting new intelligence.
Why Governor Nixon has to remove prosecutor from Michael Brown Case
We are a long way from knowing precisely what happened in Ferguson, two weeks ago, but one thing is clear: The town’s name has become yet another synonym for the chasm of experience dividing white and black America.
Head of White House “Nudge Unit” Maya Shankar Speaks about Newly Formed Social and Behavioral Sciences Team
Public reaction to the news that the White House was in the process of setting up its own “Nudge Unit” was a mix between hopeful anticipation on the one hand and big-government alarmism on the other.