Smart phones, dim minds (Nicholas Carr, Wall Street Journal)
Our phones' technology may diminish the ability of our minds to think and feel.
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10, 2017
4
09, 2017
The habits of learning, for good or ill, in tune with the times
Our habits are part of our education for better and worse.
12
08, 2017
The bilingual brain (Gaia Vince, BBC Future)
A bilingual mind has different strengths and abilities.
5
08, 2017
Humanity and the machine: AI’s opening gambit (BBC Technology)
How humanity can dream of a machine-filled life.
11
07, 2017
New ethics fund finances discussion and research about artificial intelligence (Deven Coldewey, TechCrunch)
Financing new research into the ethics of artificial intelligence.
5
07, 2017
Will and passivity, and the crisis of knowing ourselves in the technological age
How do we know ourselves when we undermine our wills through technology and other external influences?
22
06, 2017
Do the sciences (or more generally ourselves) need philosophy at the present time?
Philosophy is wanted for the sciences and ourselves.
12
06, 2017
The open paths before us, always providing opportunity
The way open to opportunity.
4
06, 2017
Recording emotions can heal the body (Claudia Hammond, BBC Future)
Recording feelings about the impact of disease can strengthen our immune system.
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05, 2017
Listening in health care: a humanities task (Philippa Göranson, Global Listening Centre)
Restoring the art of listening in the health care setting.