ideology

Americans say we value free speech, but recent surveys suggest we love the ideal more than practice, a division that will harm more than it protects.

Why is populism so popular? The rise of Donald Trump has been an enigma to many. Not so much to evolutionary psychologists.

Humans are a programmable species, and we live inside the most ancient operating system of all — ideology.

Sure, the old Greek guys from 2,400 years ago get all the glory. But these living philosophers have a ton to say about life, the universe, and everything as it relates to right now. 

Ideology doesn’t bend to reason, says Professor Barbara Oakley. Here’s why we can’t really change what other people believe, and why that brand of “helping” others can backfire.