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UNE Center for Global Humanities presents ‘Not Born Yesterday: Why Humans Are Less Gullible Than We Think’
It is widely believed that people are gullible and, therefore, easily manipulated by demagogues, advertisers, and politicians. But, in fact, we are equipped with complex psychological mechanisms that allow us to effectively evaluate information and routinely reject false or harmful ideas.
So will argue scholar Hugo Mercier in an online lecture presented by the University of New England Center for Global Humanities when he presents “Not Born Yesterday: Why Humans Are Less Gullible Than We Think” on Monday, March 29 at 6 p.m.
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UNE Center for Global Humanities presents ‘The Future of Capitalism’
The increasing gap between the top one percent and middle classes in many Western nations has created the basis for many of the world’s recent political developments. As China’s emergence has reshuffled economies around the world, we have witnessed glimpses, in real time, of how rising inequality may destabilize our world for years to come.
An online lecture presented by the University of New England Center for Global Humanities will investigate how liberal capitalism and globalization have combined to unleash these forces when scholar Branko Milanovic presents “The Future of Capitalism” on Monday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. The lecture will be streamed live to the Center’s Maine, national, and global communities.