Steve Hargadon: Programmed for Approval
One of the most consistent criticisms leveled against large language models is that they are sycophantic. They tell you what […]
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A Feature, Not a Bug — And That’s the Problem
James Madison didn’t have the vocabulary of evolutionary psychology. But when he wrote in Federalist No. 10 that the causes
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What AI Might Be Teaching Us About Intelligence
Watch people talk. Not what they say, but the act itself. At a party, in a meeting, at school pickup,
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Steve Hargadon: The Tide of Human Affairs: Why Some Narratives Endure
The Most Contested Story We Tell Of all the narratives a culture constructs to give meaning and order to human
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The Fourth Turning, the Evolved Mind, and Psychohistory
An Essay on Generational Cycles, Evolutionary Psychology, and the Predictability of Human Affairs The Pattern Without a Cause In 1997,
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Empathy, Systems, and the Modern Western Dilemma
Introduction: A Tale of Two Brains At the heart of any enduring civilization lies a set of stories it tells
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How “Conspiracy Theory” Became a Thought-Stopping Cliché
The Strange Case of Selective Skepticism We live in a curious intellectual moment. The same people who pride themselves on
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How “Conspiracy Theory” Became a Thought-Stopping Cliché
The Strange Case of Selective Skepticism We live in a curious intellectual moment. The same people who pride themselves on
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Why We Go Along with Bad Things
The Universal Puzzle One of the most perplexing aspects of human behavior is how ordinary people consistently participate in systems