We are already witnessing the dangers of this decline in empathy in various aspects of society—whether in politics, economic ...

When I was in Rome last October covering the Synod on Synodality I had dinner with a rather well-known priest friend who is frequently, but mildly, critical of Pope Francis. I asked him why his ...

Is the concept of humanity something that is still viable, given what is going on in the world today? Is it humane to hold human beings hostage? Is it humane to torture women? Is it humane to capture ...

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, whose AI agent has set a new standard of performance on Humanity’s Last Exam. Deep research successfully completed 26.6% of the recently developed test, which consists of ...

Two weeks ago, I interviewed Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist and leading figure of the nascent tech right, for the “Matter of Opinion” podcast; this week I interviewed Steve Bannon, the ...

In 2014, the British philosopher Nick Bostrom published a book about the future of artificial intelligence with the ominous title Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. It proved highly ...

Credit: Getty Images Narrative medicine seeks to apply the humanities — literature, art, storytelling — to clinical encounters as a means to provide more holistic care. Health care requires humanity.

On October 27, Elon Musk unveiled the first version of Grokipedia, an open-source encyclopedia that he pushed as an ...