Unchecked Convictions: Why Smart People Stop Updating

Most of our biggest arguments – about technology, politics, work, belief systems – aren’t just arguments about facts. They’re collisions between convictions: beliefs that have hardened beyond the evidence and reasoning that led to them. Many of these convictions go unchecked. They form under uncertainty, get reinforced by social incentives, and harden into identity. Over... Continue Reading →

The Coronavirus and Who We are – Early Lessons from the Crisis

We are in the early stages of what is shaping up to be a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. Estimates still vary significantly, but the most alarming ones say that the Coronavirus could infect up to 20-30 percent of the world population over the next twelve months. This would obviously have dire consequences in terms of loss of... Continue Reading →

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