I don’t know about you, but ever since I can remember – from my early teens – I have been bemused about the endless rituals we humans perform; and even more so about what can and can’t be said about ...

Harvard researchers have discovered a new psychological capacity for cooperation. For decades, researchers have examined the psychology behind altruistic cooperation, when one person pays some cost to ...

The everyday meaning of “common knowledge” is knowledge held in common, often as an open secret. For example, it is common knowledge that publishers like books that seek, via quirky examples, to ...

One of the most beautiful fields of game theory is called “Common Knowledge.” One of its basic insights is that situations in which two individuals know a certain evidence are intrinsically different ...

EXCLUSIVE: Game Show Network has synched up with Joey Fatone to host Common Knowledge, its new daily half-hour series that premieres January 14. The game show asks practical, everyday questions that ...

Several months ago a committee of the Harvard Arts and Sciences faculty recommended changes in the university’s core curriculum, the required courses outside the students’ specialization. Although the ...

Before boarding a flight to South Africa in 2013, Justine Sacco sent a sardonic joke to her 170 Twitter followers: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding—I’m white!” By the time her ...

From Henry Farrell and Bruce Schneier: "Existing approaches to cybersecurity emphasize either international state-to-state logics (such as deterrence theory) or the integrity of individual information ...

No one is an island, and no entrepreneur is highly skilled in every area. While an entrepreneur may not have an extensive business background or a certain type of skill, usually this is solved by ...