Commentary / World Jan 5, 2021
What is your moral plan for 2021?
Few people when making their New Year’s resolutions— just 12%, according to one U.S. study — resolve to become a better person in general, meaning better in a moral sense.
Agata Sagan
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Commentary / World Jun 29, 2018
Why loving our animals just isn't enough
Despite the positive attitudes people have toward dogs and cats and other pets, many of these companion animals lead miserable lives.
Commentary / World May 19, 2017
Do you want to be a cyborg?
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is convinced that enhancing human intelligence and memory is our species' only alternative to elimination by our own super-intelligent inventions.
Commentary / World Apr 24, 2012
How much should one's birth gender matter?
Jenna Talackova reached the finals of Miss Universe Canada last month, before being disqualified because she was not a "natural born" female. The tall, beautiful blonde told the media that she had considered herself a female since she was four years old, had begun ...
Commentary / World Dec 17, 2009
Do humanoid robots deserve to have rights?
PRINCETON/WARSAW — Last month, Gecko Systems announced that it had been running trials of its "fully autonomous personal companion home care robot," also known as a "carebot," designed to help elderly or disabled people to live independently. A woman with short-term memory loss broke ...