Indirect Costs
On November 14, 1955, the U.S. Secretary of the Army held a lunch meeting with Robert Cutler, President Eisenhower’s former National Security Advisor. While a Department of Defense official meeting with a former NSA would not ordinarily raise eyebrows, the presence of the Assistant Dean of Harvard Medical School made the gathering more unusual. The […]
Between Data and Feelings
We tried ‘smart’ the last time and are now trying ‘dumb’ – both in the name of saving the Republic. The last one didn’t solve the feeling problem, and it’s doubtful this one would.
Fake News and Disinformation
Fake news and disinformation in the digital sphere have been trending topics for years, but what do we really know about the public’s relationship to these issues? In partnership with the French organization, Missions Publiques, the Consortium for Science, Policy, & Outcomes (CSPO) recently hosted virtual public deliberations regarding the future of the internet. Participants […]