The False Promises of Green Materialism
Buying less, and not buying green, is associated with greater well-being and lower psychological distress.
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Buzzy headlines cloud our understanding of how advanced AI really is. We should stop focusing on apocalyptic scenarios, says cognitive scientist Gary Marcus, and start making AI more useful.
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Good Habits, Bad Habits: A Conversation with Wendy Wood
Early in her career, psychologist Wendy Wood noticed a trend: many of her colleagues struggled to get things done. Intelligence, talent, and motivation didn’t seem to matter. She set out to discover why.
The Bias Inside: A Conversation With Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt
Drawing on her nearly three decades of work on bias as a researcher and advisor to police forces across the country, psychologist and MacArthur Fellow Jennifer Eberhardt has penned a new book.
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Von Hippel puts forth an evolutionary metaphor for two very different types of leadership.