Class Discussion March 20: Collective Action and Decision-making James Surowiecki's excerpt on the wisdom of crowds presents some really compelling ideas. It would seem that crowds are more likely to ...

How do we move forward? How do I move forward? These questions have been haunting me for the past few months. In my experience, democracy has never seemed more fragile. And in my efforts to further ...

Collective decision-making is hardly a perfect science. Broken processes, data overload, information asymmetry, and other inequities only compound the challenges that come from large, disparate ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is having an "It Girl" moment—everyone wants it or claims to have something to do with it. And frankly, the transformative potential of AI can be witnessed across many ...

If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 55 minutes defining the question and 5 minutes resolving it.—Albert Einstein Recent years have witnessed an undeniable and dispiriting trend ...

Making decisions is a key aspect of our brains and daily lived experiences. Whether we realize it or not, we are constantly making decisions. Those decisions are driven by different models, some of ...

The saying goes “choice equals freedom, and freedom equals happiness.” The ability to make decisions and have options and endless possibilities, then, correlates to freedom and happiness. It sounds ...

In the spring of 2024, we set out to improve student engagement in my digital media literacy course by listening to students and parents regarding their concerns. What emerged was a shared sense of ...