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Evan Nesterak
Evan Nesterak is the Editor-in-Chief of Behavioral Scientist.
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Happening Friday: The Hidden Logic of Common Knowledge with Steven Pinker
This Friday, we look forward to seeing you for our conversation with psychologist and psycholinguist Steven Pinker. We’ll discuss the hidden logic of common knowledge—essentially, how I know that you know that I know . . . and so on. It's fundamental to cooperation and coordination, but can also
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Friday's Event Links: The Hidden Logic of Common Knowledge with Steven Pinker
This Friday, we look forward to seeing you for our conversation with psychologist and psycholinguist Steven Pinker. We’ll discuss the hidden logic of common knowledge—essentially, how I know that you know that I know . . . and so on. It's fundamental to cooperation and coordination, but can also
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Event Recording — The Age of Surveillance Capitalism with Shoshana Zuboff
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Thursday's Event Links: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism with Shoshana Zuboff
This Thursday, we look forward to seeing you for our conversation with psychologist and philosopher Shoshana Zuboff. She is the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and one of the leading thinkers about the effects of technology on democracy, privacy, and individual rights. ⭐Important: There are two parts to
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Tomorrow's Group Discussions: Links & Info
Tomorrow, we look forward to seeing you for our group discussions. We'll host two, one hour discussions, with Eastern and Western Hemisphere options. You'll find the Zoom links to join below, along with some of the questions we'll consider during the discussion.
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Labor Day: Orwell and Work
“Twenty million people are underfed but literally everyone in England has access to a radio. What we have lost in food we have gained in electricity. Whole sections of the working class who have been plundered of all they really need are being compensated, in part, by cheap luxuries which
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Summer Book Club Schedule: Group Discussions & Expert Conversations
The Summer Book Club’s event schedule is here. We have an exciting mix of group discussions and expert conversations, so be sure to add the events to your calendar. In future posts, I will share more about our expert guests, the themes for our conversations, and what we’ll
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The ‘1984’ Spark File: Add Your Ideas, Questions, and Connections
The Spark File is favorite tool of writers and readers alike. It's incredibly simple. It's a document of running bullet points containing ideas, questions, and connections. New idea? Add a bullet point. New question that might be worth thinking about later? Add a bullet point. (I
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4 Myths Worth Busting About George Orwell and '1984'
Let’s open our eyes to a few common myths and misconceptions about George Orwell and 1984. This is the third part in our three part series exploring the facts and myths about George Orwell and 1984. In part one, we learned “19 Facts Worth Knowing About George Orwell.” In
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8 Facts Worth Knowing About '1984'
What do we find when we look at the story behind the story? Why did George Orwell choose the year 1984? Does 1984 boast the greatest misprint in literary history? Is there really a musical genre inspired by the world of Big Brother? This is part two of our three
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19 Facts Worth Knowing About George Orwell
And we’re off! As we start this summer’s book club, I want to explore the life of George Orwell and the context in which he wrote 1984. To begin, I’ll share a three-part series covering some of the facts and myths about Orwell and 1984. As a