Children learn what it means to be a woman or a man early on. How they respond to threats to how well they conform to gender stereotypes changes with age.
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AI-mediated culture is already being filtered in ways that favor the familiar, the describable and the conventional.
Authoritarian attitudes – the desire for social conformity and an aversion to difference – play an important role in Americans’ willingness to restrict transgender rights.
A tendency to drag down those who set themselves above others, the syndrome supposedly reflects values of equality, humility and the storied ‘fair go’.
Responsible political judgment requires reflection − and reflection takes time.
Deep-seated disagreement is healthy for a democracy. But when people lose the ability to navigate those differences, they risk seeking anti-democratic unity of thought.
We all like to think of ourselves as heroes. But according to science, the vast majority of us wouldn’t be prepared to rebel against totalitarian rulers.
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
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PhD Student, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi
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Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond