Staying Human

A Humanism of the Abyss

At a moment when people who don’t share our identity feel alien, Oliver Sacks’s classic book about reaching catatonic patients has much to teach us.

Arcs of Life

A just society does not kill suffering people, it shares their burden.

No Other Options

Newly revealed documents depict a Canadian euthanasia regime that efficiently ushers the vulnerable to a “beautiful” death.

Therapy Beyond Good and Evil

A nonjudgmental psychology is failing patients who need to hear hard truths.

From: Saving the Real

Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy

Covid doesn’t care how hard we fight it — only about what works.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

All Pathology, All the Time

What ails a culture that sees illness everywhere?

Losing Ourselves

Why the prospect of loving machines is so sad

Can Machines Have Common Sense?

“Deep learning” hype misses a basic feature of human intelligence.

From: Available in Audio

Dying, But Not Alone

We can’t escape the social dimension of choosing how we die.

Just Say No to Human–Monkey Chimeras

The biotech industry wants to set its own rules on a disturbing new practice. This time, we can’t trust them to act responsibly.