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Daniel Williams

In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine. 

David S. Jones

But awareness alone won't solve the problem. Here's what we should do.

Eric Moses Gurevitch

Two recent books force us to rethink what knowledge is, where it is located, and how it moves.

Martha C. Nussbaum, Jeremy Bendik-Kymer

Martha Nussbaum on her new book—and why a full development of our humanity requires developing our capacities to care for animals.

Julie Michelle Klinger

Rare earth mining will disrupt local climate resilience. Who should pay the price?

Jana Bacevic, Peter Vickers

Despite debates about scientific certainty, we do not need 100 percent consensus on a scientific claim to accept it as true. 

Daniela Gabor, Ndongo Samba Sylla

In place of public-private partnerships, we should revive the Pan-African ambitions of the green developmental state.

Karen Levy

Both regulators and employers have embraced new technologies for on-the-job monitoring, turning a blind eye to unjust working conditions.

Toussaint Nothias

As Big Tech's data and profit extraction extends the world over, activists in the Global South are pointing the way to a more just digital future.

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