Staying Human

B.S. Jobs and the Coming Crisis of Meaning

AI will destroy a lot of jobs that are already pointless. Is that really worth celebrating?

From: They’re Here…

A Humanism of the Abyss

At a moment when people who don’t share our identity feel alien, Oliver Sacks’s classic book about reaching catatonic patients has much to teach us.

Arcs of Life

A just society does not kill suffering people, it shares their burden.

No Other Options

Newly revealed documents depict a Canadian euthanasia regime that efficiently ushers the vulnerable to a “beautiful” death.

Therapy Beyond Good and Evil

A nonjudgmental psychology is failing patients who need to hear hard truths.

From: Saving the Real

Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy

Covid doesn’t care how hard we fight it — only about what works.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

All Pathology, All the Time

What ails a culture that sees illness everywhere?

Losing Ourselves

Why the prospect of loving machines is so sad

Can Machines Have Common Sense?

“Deep learning” hype misses a basic feature of human intelligence.

From: Available in Audio

Dying, But Not Alone

We can’t escape the social dimension of choosing how we die.