Rational artificial intelligence sounds simple on paper: build systems that make sensible decisions based on goals, evidence, and logic. Yet ...

At the start of The Fog of War, the brilliant new documentary from director Errol Morris, we see a composed, sharply groomed and middle-aged Robert McNamara, preparing to brief the press on the ...

In the controversial yet bestselling books The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now, Harvard linguist Steven Pinker made the case that humanity has been getting richer and less violent ...

India is entering a new phase of decision-making. A welfare application is flagged by a computer system. A student is ranked ...

If one were to choose a sequence of essentials for a nation to prosper, I would put rationality of their thought process on top. It is my firm belief that, without exercising this power, a state is ...

It doesn’t look like 2026 will be the year to add consumer discretionary companies to your portfolio. Maybe the opportunity ...

People tend to get highly emotional about issues they regard as matters of morality, and they generally attempt to avoid or even punish individuals they regard as immoral. The heated response to moral ...

‘Tell people there’s an invisible man in the sky who created the universe,” the comedian George Carlin once observed, “and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have ...

This week’s column returns to two recent topics of discussion: the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit and the proposed ban on TikTok. (Incidentally, in an ironic turn of events, I had my TikTok debut ...