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How Hiding Casualties from Drone Strikes Betrays American Values
How Hiding Casualties from Drone Strikes Betrays American Values
Prominence, Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamMarch 14, 2019
Cognitive Bias Prevents Us from Tackling Climate Change
Cognitive Bias Prevents Us from Tackling Climate Change
PseudoinefficacyArithmetic of Compassion TeamFebruary 22, 2019
China’s Cruel Internment of the Uyghurs Must Not Go Unnoticed
China’s Cruel Internment of the Uyghurs Must Not Go Unnoticed
Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamFebruary 15, 2019
The Effects of Dehumanizing Visual Portrayals of Refugees
The Effects of Dehumanizing Visual Portrayals of Refugees
Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamFebruary 8, 2019
Uprising in Sudan
Uprising in Sudan
ProminenceArithmetic of Compassion TeamJanuary 18, 2019
Einstein and Szent-Györgyi on Nuclear Weapons
Einstein and Szent-Györgyi on Nuclear Weapons
Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamDecember 21, 2018
“Don’t Tell Me, I Don’t Want to Know”: How Information Avoidance Can Keep Us Insulated From Important Social Problems
“Don’t Tell Me, I Don’t Want to Know”: How Information Avoidance Can Keep Us Insulated From Important Social Problems
Arithmetic of Compassion TeamDecember 7, 2018
Why Are We Outraged Over Khashoggi’s Murder, But Indifferent to Deaths in Yemen?
Why Are We Outraged Over Khashoggi’s Murder, But Indifferent to Deaths in Yemen?
Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamDecember 6, 2018
The Myth of “I Can't Make a Difference”
The Myth of “I Can't Make a Difference”
PseudoinefficacyArithmetic of Compassion TeamNovember 13, 2018
Autonomous Weapons
Autonomous Weapons
Arithmetic of Compassion TeamOctober 23, 2018
Chiune Sugihara's Courage Saved 6,000 Lives
Chiune Sugihara's Courage Saved 6,000 Lives
Arithmetic of Compassion TeamOctober 16, 2018
Queen Rania of Jordan on Psychic Numbing and Compassion
Queen Rania of Jordan on Psychic Numbing and Compassion
Pseudoinefficacy, Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamOctober 10, 2018
The More Who Die the Less We Care
The More Who Die the Less We Care
Arithmetic of Compassion TeamOctober 8, 2018
Factfulness
Factfulness
Arithmetic of Compassion TeamSeptember 19, 2018
Ai Weiwei's Human Flow
Ai Weiwei's Human Flow
Psychic NumbingArithmetic of Compassion TeamSeptember 13, 2018
Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes
PseudoinefficacyArithmetic of Compassion TeamSeptember 11, 2018
Compassion Week
Compassion Week
Psychic Numbing, Pseudoinefficacy, ProminenceArithmetic of Compassion TeamAugust 8, 2018
TEDx at Kakuma Camp
TEDx at Kakuma Camp
Arithmetic of Compassion TeamJune 12, 2018
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