They present a new hypothesis: that we humans dominate and are so special because of "open-endedness"—our ability to communicate and understand an infinite number of possibilities in life.

The ability of AI systems to perform increasingly powerful reasoning tasks will make it easy for most humans to avoid having to think hard and thus allow that muscle to atrophy even further.

Motivating Humans goes beyond integrative theorizing, however. It also provides readers with a set of principles for facilitating positive and productive motivational patterns, and shows how these …

We propose two distinct senses of hu-manness, arguing that when each sense is denied to people, they are implicitly or explicitly likened to a particular kind of nonhuman.

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen What I will propose here by way of a first foray, as entrance into this book of monstrous content, is a sketch of a new modus legendi: a method of reading cultures from the m.

The evolution of modern humans by Richard D. Fuerle ives on a small wildlife refuge on an island in upstate of New York. A perpetual student, he has degrees in m

Here, I review the basic argument, incorporate recent findings, and highlight ongoing efforts to apply this approach to more deeply understand both the universal aspects of our cogni-tion as well as the …