Jonathan Wai

Dec 9, 2024 | forbes.com | Jonathan Wai

Who ends up in positions of influence in society matter because their preferences and personal qualities can influence policy issues that impact all of us. This has been documented by a long history of the study of influential people, such as The Power Eliteby C. Wright Mills. But who ultimately ends up in positions of influence in society—among those people we might call “elites”?

Oct 17, 2024 | science.org | Jan G. Voelkel |Matthew Jones |Ervin Ascic |Jonathan Wai

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Oct 17, 2024 | science.org | Jan G. Voelkel |Matthew Jones |Ervin Ascic |Jonathan Wai

Get full access to this articleView all available purchase options and get full access to this article. References and Notes1E. Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for Death” in The Poems of Emily Dickinson, R. W. Franklin, (Harvard Univ. Press, 1999). 2P. Nelson Limerick, “Dancing with professors: The trouble with academic prose,” The New York Times Book Review, 31 October 1993. 3J. Wai, D. Miller, “Here's why academics should write for the public,” The Conversation, 1 December 2015. 4G.

Oct 15, 2024 | forbes.com.br | Jonathan Wai

Gary Marcus, especialista em inteligência artificial, escreveu em seu novo livro sobre os maiores perigos da IA. “A longo prazo, não sabemos como criar uma IA segura e confiável, e isso não pode ser bom”, pontua. “Como, em algum momento, a IA substituirá a maioria dos empregos, e um pequeno grupo de oligarcas concentrará grande parte do dinheiro, talvez precisemos de uma renda básica universal”, acrescenta.

Oct 10, 2024 | forbes.com | Jonathan Wai

In the book Heroes of Progress, Alexander C. R. Hammond compiles a list of 65 people who changed the world. As Steven Pinker argues in the foreword to the book: “Progress, be it economic, scientific, or cultural, depends on the human brain’s ability to innovate and the institutions that make innovation and innovators possible and acceptable.”Hammond defines a hero of progress “as someone who has saved or significantly improved the lives of millions of people.