Productivity, Prominence, and the Effects of Academic Environment
Explore the impact of academic environments on productivity and prominence in research, examining factors that influence scientific success and career trajectories.
The Underappreciated Value of an Absence of Reliable Evidence
Explore the significance of lacking reliable evidence in research and decision-making, challenging assumptions and enhancing critical thinking in scientific inquiry.
Complexities in Repair for Harm: Modeling Multi-Dimensional Reparations for Mass Human Rights Violations
Explore the multi-dimensional challenges of designing effective reparations for mass human rights violations, focusing on global and domestic mapping strategies to improve identification and evaluation.
Embracing Complexity for Systemic Interventions - Transmission Series Episode 5
Explore how embracing complexity in systems can lead to better interventions in various fields, from epidemiology to conservation, and improve decision-making under uncertainty.
Rethinking Human Reason - The Social Function and Evolution of Reasoning
Exploring the social function of reason as a tool for justification and persuasion, challenging traditional views on individual cognition and decision-making.
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Learn to navigate the tidal wave of misinformation in our data-driven world. Discover techniques for skepticism, identifying fake news, and understanding the role of networks in spreading disinformation.
Fighting Hate Speech with AI and Social Science
Exploring AI and social science approaches to combat hate speech online, discussing research on classifying hate and counter speech patterns to promote civility in digital spaces.
Shifting Incentives From Getting It Published to Getting It Right
Explore how academic publishing incentives impact scientific integrity and learn strategies for promoting transparency and openness in research methodologies.
Complexity and Creativity in Music - Panel Discussion
Explore the intersection of complexity science and music with experts discussing universal features, evolutionary perspectives, and creative processes across cultures.
Upping Your Data Viz Game - Effective Storytelling and Visualization Techniques
Enhance data visualization skills with storytelling techniques, effective color usage, and uncertainty representation. Learn from expert insights to create impactful and informative visual presentations.
On Coronavirus, Crisis, and Creative Opportunity
Exploring how crises reshape opportunities, this talk examines evolutionary strategies for navigating disruptions and the potential for innovation amidst catastrophe in a post-coronavirus world.
Ruts and Ruptures of the Human Mind - Exploring Sudden Mental Transformations
Explore the mechanisms behind sudden mental transformations across various domains, from religious conversions to mathematical insights, and discover common patterns in human thought and creativity.
Living with Distrust - Understanding Social Dynamics and Trust Issues
Explore the complexities of distrust in society, its impacts, and potential strategies for navigating a world where trust is increasingly challenged.
Designing Diversity for Sustained Innovation
Explore how diversity drives sustained innovation and its impact on knowledge complexity in this thought-provoking symposium talk by James Evans at the Santa Fe Institute.
Towards Machines That Can Understand, Reason, and Plan
Explore AI's future with Yann LeCun as he discusses advancements in machine understanding, reasoning, and planning, offering insights into the potential of artificial intelligence.
Human Intelligence - Insights from Infants
Explore human intelligence through infant studies, uncovering cognitive development and the foundations of learning with insights from pioneering research.
Balance, Criticality, and Antifragility in Complex Systems
Explore complex systems thinking and its philosophical implications with Carlos Gershenson. Delve into balance, criticality, antifragility, and the intersections between Eastern and Western philosophical traditions and modern scientific concepts.
How the Brain Makes You - Collective Intelligence and Computation by Neural Circuits
Explore how billions of neurons collectively create intelligence, perception, memory, and imagination through electrical signals, revealing the mysteries of the mind's computational function.
Possibility Architectures - Exploring Human Communication with Generative AI
Explore the intersection of human communication and generative AI, examining how these technologies reshape our interactions and open new possibilities for expression and understanding.
Learning, Curiosity, and Consciousness in Human Cognition - Part 2
Exploring human uniqueness through neuroscience, comparing cognitive abilities with other animals, and examining curiosity in larger systems. Discusses learning, imagination, and consciousness in humans and beyond.
Will Space Limit Human Performance - InterPlanetary 2022 Panel Discussion
Experts discuss human performance limits on Earth to speculate on challenges in space exploration, considering physical, intellectual, and psychological factors for future missions beyond our atmosphere.