Content on Behavior
ChatGPT Isn’t Good at Arguments. Can We Humans Do Better?
There’s a preference in ChatGPT for finding commonality and agreement – sometimes at the expense of actual argumentation.
Did Esau Fail the Marshmallow Experiment?
Impulsiveness is easier to understand when there are no guarantees.
Change is Hard
During the High Holidays, we are asked to be intentional about who we are, how we’ve been, and who we want to be.
Knowing the Past to Build the Future
God is seen as a parent in the High Holy Day liturgy. And parents know their children – their flaws, their gifts, and even sometimes their actions before they happen.
How Long-Term Should Our Vision Be?
How many resources should we devote to “longtermist” versus “near-termist” goals?
What Does Judaism Have to Say About Privacy?
What do we give away when we compromise our privacy?
Don’t Try To Be the Hero of Your Story
Maybe rather than seeing ourselves as the hero of our story, we can view ourselves more as the protagonist – the one who struggles and who fails, and is deeply imperfect.
The Quarantine Reviewed
Like all of our work on these High Holy Days, a “User Review” draws us out of our own individual concern and calls us to see the wider world around us.
Balaam and Abraham: What They See, and What They Miss
When do we see the blessings in front of us, and when do we miss them? Or, conversely, when do we see the problems in front of us, and when do we miss those?
Debugging Ritual: A Conversation With Dr. David DeSteno
What job does ritual get done?
The Varieties of Transcendent Experience: A Conversation With David B. Yaden, PhD
David B. Yaden, PhD researches two topics in psychology that may be more (or less?) religious than they seem: professional callings and transcendent experiences.
The Symbolism of Old Gods and the U.S. Capitol Assault
As people unmoored from vertically transmitted traditions cast desperately around for something to believe in, things are going to get weird. No, scratch that. Weirder.