The Speed of Thought What the Revolution in Neuroscience Will Mean for Humanism
WE FIND OURSELVES amidst a revolution in neuroscience—the new neuroscience, if you will. In the United States the most visible face of this new science is the BRAIN initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies)... Read More
Make America Kind Again
DID YOU SEE Donald Trump’s victory coming? I sure as hell didn’t. That Hillary Clinton would lose to a guy who says things like “My words are the best” seemed so improbable that last summer... Read More
An Action List for the (Un)Faithful
“People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.” —Chinua Achebe THE 2016 ELECTION was a shock to... Read More
Opiate of the Masses: What’s Really Driving America’s Prescription Drug Epidemic
IN THE SPRING of 2016 a physician in Buffalo, New York, was issued a 114-count indictment accusing him of “the unlawful distribution of narcotics” and “operating a criminal conspiracy.” The US Attorney General for the... Read More
Standing with Standing Rock: My Humanism Won’t Let Me Stay Silent
during the last week of October, I made a twenty-four-hour drive to join in the resistance efforts at the Standing Rock encampments near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Hundreds of indigenous nations and non-Native accomplices... Read More
The Story of Humanists Behind Bars
As I sit in the new prison's waiting room, I wonder whether my belt will set off the metal detector again. At the old Iowa State Penitentiary, I figured out how to escape the dreaded... Read More
Science & Religion in the Rough Why human evolution and the multitude of extrasolar planets complicate the idea that we are special
Jared Diamond is the author of five best-selling books about human societies and human evolution, which have been translated into thirty-eight languages. 1991’s The Third Chimpanzee is his first book, followed by the 1997 Pulitzer... Read More