It’s not easy being empathetic when conditions aren’t right In response to several studies showing…
BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
Is too much poetry a sign of maddness? In an extraordinary article in Poetry Magazine,…
BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
Shortly after becoming an existential therapist, Bob Edelstein remembers having a conversation with Rollo May.…
BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
Artificial Intelligence’s biggest success isn’t making computers smarter — it’s making people dumber
Back in 1997, when IBM’s computer “Deep Blue” beat the world’s (human) champion at chess,…
BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
“Nobody’s original,” says composer David Cope. Here’s what he means: there’s no such thing as…
BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015
Ask most poets who the biggest influences on them are, and you’ll usually get a…
BenjaminFebruary 19, 2015