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Norbert Wiener warned in 1960 that machines and humans are foreign to each other. We still are

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How Do We Feel About Women's Work?

The French surrealists, stricken by serving in World War I, adopted a new philosophical approach: “vibrant pessimism”

How Social Media Became Antisocial

Spain's largest research organization confronts its dark past

Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Have Shared a Cave-Dwelling Culture

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We are entering a world of extreme cognitive polarization. Some people will use AI to think more. Others will use AI to think less 

How Animals Communicate Across Species

Open Thread

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