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How Freedom Divides

An expert on animal societies on what sets human societies apart.

October 2, 2019

Would You Survive a Merger with AI?

The cost of brain enhancement may be your identity.

October 2, 2019

Why Symbols Aren’t Forever

The removal of cultural emblems is not the erasure of history but part of it.

September 25, 2019

Language Is the Scaffold of the Mind

Once we acquire language, we can live without it.

September 25, 2019

Consciousness Doesn’t Depend on Language

We share the basic experience of life with all mammals.

September 24, 2019

Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another

A linguist exposes the inner truths about language.

September 18, 2019

This Simple Structure Unites All Human Languages

Language builds meaning through self-similarity.

September 17, 2019