Beyond “Cute”: Classroom Chicks and the Aims of Education
In the final weeks of the summer term, my five-year-old daughter came home each day with updates on the eggs that they had at...
Trust the System: Democratic Capacities in the Algorithmic Workplace (Part I)
Like all institutions, workplaces socialize those of us within them. They provide a kind of informal education, promoting the development of some skills, habits,...
The Reasons of Unlove
Is love a desire for union with another person? A special kind of care for their wellbeing? A form of awe and attention in...
Why We Love Performing Classical Music
I am an amateur pianist, and I love performing classical music. Reflecting on my willingness to follow the score written by the composers, I...
Consent and the Formation of Preferences
I visit your house and admire an ornament on your bookshelf. You say you’d like me to have it as a gift. If I...
When AI Escapes the Sandbox
OpenAI, Hugging Face, and Why A Kill Switch Is Not Enough
A few weeks ago, OpenAI reported that, during a cybersecurity training exercise, several of...
How Widow’s Bay Supports a Mystic Epistemology
Nathan Eckstrand is an editor at the Blog of the APA. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not...
When Are Your Feelings Really Yours?
Until the fall of 2008, I would have said I wasn’t afraid of mice. But then, in that fateful autumn, I went to my...
How to Partition Alberta
On October 19, 2026, Albertans will vote on whether their province should secede from Canada. Except that isn’t quite right. Albertans will vote on...
Incongruity, Humor, and Morality in Song
In the 1940s and 1950s, as part of a federal pest and rodent control program, pigeons in Boston were fed corn that had been...