Category: Interview

July 10, 2020

Diagnosing a High-End Application of ProSocial: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Styles

March 12, 2018

Evolution and the Enigma of Reason: Brian Boyd Interviews Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber on their New Book

In The Enigma of Reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber crack the code on one of the greatest evolutionary mysteries of all time.

December 22, 2017

Thinking Clearly About Collective Intelligence: A Conversation with Geoff Mulgan about his new book Big Mind

A conversation with Geoff Mulgan, founder of the think tank Demos and current chief executive of Nesta, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, on his new book "Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World".

November 28, 2017

Why Physics Needs Darwin: An Interview with John Campbell

Darwinian theories have been proposed to explain the evolution of complexity not just in genetics and biology but also in cosmology and quantum physics.

October 16, 2017

Learning from Arizona State University about Inter-Disciplinarity: A Conversation with Robert Boyd

Inter-disciplinarity is something that most universities want but might not be able to achieve without organizational change.

June 19, 2017

Deconstructing Niche Construction: A Conversation between Gordon Burghardt and Kevin Laland

The concept of niche construction stresses a dialectical relationship between organisms and their environments, rather than one being passively shaped by the other. It has deep roots in evolutionary thought but only now is resulting in a systematic research program. Join Gordon Burghardt and Kevin Laland as they take a deep dive into the subject.