Earlier this month, “I went to the mountains; I went in seeking clarity.” I’m not talking about attending a performance of the iconic Indigo Girls’ song “Closer To Fine,” but a four-night stay at ...

The Monte Carlo simulation estimates the probability of different outcomes in a process that cannot easily be predicted because of the potential for random variables.

Life seems upside down these days. Politicians choose their voters by redistricting, universities their missions by giving in to government demands, some newspapers and media networks follow the paths ...

Study Mode helps students walk through topics rather than just giving them answers. But there’s a glaring problem. OpenAI is launching Study Mode, a version of ChatGPT for college students that it ...

It’s tempting for a Philosophical Counselor to use the Socratic Method. After all, it was Socrates who set so many of us on the quest to live the examined life. As it turns out, though, an alternative ...

Agnes Callard and the politics of public philosophy. In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in? Agnes Callard’s Open Socrates ...

From time to time, it’s a good idea to look at the top use cases of AI as it’s being used right now in our societies. There’s so much coming along down the pike that that people are excited about, but ...

Every few months, out of curiosity, I red-pill myself. Usually, I start with YouTube. The algorithm is extraordinarily responsive: give a couple of videos a thumbs-up, and your whole feed swerves in a ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

The lessons of Socrates have never really gone out of style, but if there’s ever a perfect time to revisit the ancient philosopher, now is it. In “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a ...