social sciences

Biography ‘Saving Freud’ Tells of Struggles with Freud’s Stubborn Denial

/ 16 November 2022

Andrew Nagorski’s engrossing biography, Saving Freud, brings forth the dangerous power of denial.

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The Elites Who Are Just So Over Humanity

/ 31 August 2022

The depth of anti-humanist sentiment related by Douglas Rushkoff in his latest book, Survival of the Richest, is harrowing and illuminating.

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Propoganda Isn’t About Trying to Fool You

Katherine Murray

/ 9 July 2018

Lee McIntyre's 'Post-Truth' is a history lesson and a call to action asking liberals to defend the concept of objective truth. But is it the best approach to the problem?

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Is Life in a ‘Post-Truth’ World Sustainable?

Robert Daniel Evers

/ 20 March 2018

How do we overcome the human tendency to resist verifiable reality? Lee McIntyre takes this on in this installment of MIT's Essential Knowledge series.