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David Krakauer

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David Krakauer is the president and William H. Miller professor of complex systems at the Santa Fe Institute.

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Philosophy

The Reality Ouroboros

Toward a new understanding of the nature of reality.

September 4, 2024
Arts

The Cormac McCarthy I Know

The president of the Santa Fe Institute shares his insights into the novelist, with whom he has discussed science, writers, and ideas for 20 years.

November 2, 2022
Sociology

We Have to Talk About Doubt

How to tell the difference between scientific and conspiratorial skepticism.

September 1, 2021
Evolution

Playing Go with Darwin

New research elevates evolution from a tactical process to one of strategic possibility.

December 15, 2020
Arts

The Typewriter’s Love of the Desert

Reflections on Sam Shepard’s time at the Santa Fe Institute.

August 3, 2017
Psychology

Will A.I. Harm Us? Better to Ask How We’ll Reckon With Our Hybrid Nature

September 5, 2016
History

Five Short Stories About the Life and Times of Ideas

A complexity theorist explores how science and culture co-evolve.

April 16, 2015