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Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.
| Keywords | sciencebiologynatural-selectionevolutionphilosophypsychologyhuman-naturecertaintypossibilityny-timesmelissa-kirschthinkingcognitionmindset |
A.I. can be a crutch that hurts our ability to think creatively.
There are salient moments in one’s life in which one is suddenly struck by recent changes.
| Keywords | politicsreflectionchangeperspectivehistorythinkingpsychologylife-changessocietynarrativemediapublic-opinion |
We learn from history — most notably how to think.
Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked. The more he learned, the weirder things got.
"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.