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The twenty-first century has been hard on the Enlightenment. Lauded as a foundational moment in the story of human progress—the font from which all civilized life supposedly sprang—its position and its claim for the triumphant power of human reason no longer seem so secure. The Enlightenment’s most prominent political offspring, communism and liberalism, lay either apparently dead or seemingly in terminal decline, while its technological children, the fruits of the fossil-fu...

Democrats like Barack Obama are making a push for greater regulation of AI on the grounds that it can be used to promote discrimination.

More must be done to curb AI’s potential for harm or the further marginalization of people of color, a panel of experts weighing the ever-widening reach of AI warned last week.

The discussion is part of NDSU's 2023-2024 Menard Distinguished Speaker Series and the Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop.

More must be done to curb AI’s potential for harm or the further marginalization of people of color, a panel of experts weighing the ever-widening reach of AI warned last week.

One thing Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell found that socialist countries had in common was that locally-brewed beer "sucked" and that imports working under free enterprise systems were superior.

This article is authored by Mehdi Hussain, doctoral candidate, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

This progress has been widely shared, to the great benefit of the people at the bottom of the distribution.

Men need to be willing to stand up for the cause and embrace the idea that women have the potential to make a great contribution to society

Over the course of several months, speakers will gather in Fargo for a series of talks put on by the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth.