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One book will gather all topics on the search for life in the Cosmos.
Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.
Spaceguard shows that we can manage risks to the extinction of humanity — if only we put our mind to it.
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.
Short-termism is both rooted in our most primal instincts and encouraged by runaway technological development. How can we fight it?
For a time, Francis Fukuyama looked like a prophet.
Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.
It is through speaking and listening that human beings become who they are.
Uploading your mind is not a pathway to immortality. Instead, it will create a possibly hostile digital doppelgänger.
Moral panics about the content of children’s cartoons and other forms of entertainment have a long history.
There are two conceptions of free will: “straight” and “mixed.”
Mammals have a history stretching back 325 million years. To study that ancient history is to know our own origins.
Anxieties about being identified will be superseded by fears of being analyzed.
Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite.
The English writer left behind a mind-expanding collection of books.
Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.
“The Soul of a New Machine” provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity’s greatest thinkers.
Our economy is dominated by middlemen, including huge companies such as Walmart and Amazon. There are many benefits to going direct instead.
In the age of distraction, don’t we all want to read faster and more efficiently?
The American author said he attempted to bring scientific thinking to literary criticism, but received “very little gratitude for this.”
What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?
Detective fiction reveals how a particular society or time period looks at crime and criminal justice.
Robinson v. California helped to established a rehabilitative ideal: addiction should be dealt with as a therapeutic matter.
Privateers pillaged British merchant ships in the name of liberty — and profit.
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From machines to animals, there are many kinds of possible minds.
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?