We live in a world where things don’t always go the way we want. The reality is that, in many of these situations, no amount of preparation can prevent problems from occurring. Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that teaches people how to stay calm and focused during difficult situations. It began in Ancient Greece and …

Every morning, before most of us have made a single deliberate decision, algorithms have already been working. They have curated a news feed, ranked a set of search results, selected which emails appear at the top of an inbox, and queued up the next episode of a show. By the time we sit down to …

As we hurtle into a future shaped by advanced artificial intelligence, it is easy to get swept up in marveling at the coding complexities and technological feats of the intricate algorithms.  Yet beneath the layers of code and machine learning lies something perhaps more fascinating and certainly more consequential: the philosophical implications of AI.  This …

Can Machines Truly Understand? What if I told you that your laptop might soon ask you how your day was—and mean it? It sounds like a whisk into science fiction, doesn’t it? Yet, the possibility of machines exhibiting a semblance of consciousness isn’t as far-fetched as you might think.  Philosophy has grappled with the concept …