The “Refus Global”
Published in 1948 by the artist group Les Automatistes, the Refus Global manifesto challenged Québécois political, religious, and social traditions.
Switchgrass: An Old Grass Gets a New Use
The perennial prairie grass used to cover large swaths of the American Midwest, creating vibrant ecosystems where birds, butterflies, and bison roamed.
The Complicated Gender of Sumatran Tombois
Indonesian tombois are understood as men in many public contexts, but their families of origin often treat them as female in some respects and male in others.
Reading “The Book of Nature”
Beginning in the Middle Ages, the natural world was viewed as a Christian parable, helping humans to give divine meaning to plants, animals, and the heavens.
Nate Salsbury’s Black America
The 1895 show purported to show a genuine Southern Black community and demonstrate Black cultural progress in America, from enslavement to citizenship.
Can Intellectual Humility Save Us from Ourselves?
Intellectual humility is defined as a willingness to admit you’re wrong. It could be just the idea for our self-righteous times.
What Is Intellectual Humility?
Almost all of us are far more confident in ourselves than we probably should be. If we humbly admit this, does it improve how we deal with conflict?
Intellectual Humility: Foundations and Key Concepts
Research about intellectual humility has exploded in the past decade. Psychologist Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso offers an annotated bibliography of key texts.
Second Opinions: On Intellectual Humility and Medicine
What happens when doctors admit they don't know everything?
What if AI Operated with Intellectual Humility?
In the race between humans and machines, imagine a future in which everyone and everything wins.