Why do AI systems make responsibility feel like no one’s job? Imagine an AI system wrongly denies a loan, rejects a job applicant, or gives dangerous medical advice. Who is…
Why do we feel so confident using generative AI while our AI literacy lags behind? A new kind of inequality is growing—not between people who have internet access and those…
Why do we rely on our current emotions when making quick decisions? Have you ever liked a product, person, or idea almost instantly—before checking the facts? That is the Affect…
Why do we prefer doing something to doing nothing? When a problem appears, doing nothing can feel unbearable. A manager launches a new initiative, an investor quickly sells a falling…
Open a closet in almost any home and you will probably find something familiar. A box of old cables. Clothes that haven’t been worn in years. A broken appliance that…
You walk into Costco planning to buy three things: Milk. Eggs. Toilet paper. An hour later, you walk out pushing a cart loaded with a rotisserie chicken, a 30-pack of…
The Blank Slate: Are We Born Empty, or Are We Born Human? Imagine a newborn child as a completely empty notebook. No instincts. No inborn tendencies. No natural differences in…
Why do intelligent people make obviously bad decisions? Why do kind people become cruel in groups? Why do two people see the same event and come away with completely different…
Why Machiavelli Still Makes Us Uncomfortable What does it really take to lead? Is it kindness? Honesty? Generosity? Moral principles? Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, written more than 500 years ago,…
Look in the mirror. You might see a person with hopes, dreams, a career, and a favorite pair of shoes. But strip away the surface, step back a few million…