Is Twitter an Echo Chamber?
I’ve been a member of both Facebook and Twitter for many years, and my experiences with the two couldn’t be… More
We’re Only Human
Who Are You? Identity and Dementia
Phineas Gage is arguably the most famous case study in the history of neuroscience. Gage was a railroad worker who… More
The Neurology of Lending
Back in 1976, a young professor in Bangladesh starting making dubious low-interest loans to the rural poor of his country… More
Impossible Knowledge: Are You an Expert?
I grew up with a habitual overclaimer. He wildly exaggerated his expertise, at times claiming knowledge of things he couldn’t… More
I’m rich. You must be, too.
“Let me tell you about the very rich,” the novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in the 1920s. “They are different… More
Fair Is Fair, But Not Everywhere
Imagine this scenario: Two commercial fishermen head out to sea at the break of dawn, and spend the next ten… More