,1,Explore whether the rigorous peer review process – a process that has traditionally safeguarded information quality control – can compete in a media ecosystem riddled with fast-paced health misinformation and dangerous speculation. Panelists discuss the flurry of preprints and the limitations of correcting the record after an article has hit the mainstream. The panel also offers insight into how scientific communities are wrestling with new uncertainties and heightened public visibility, while forging new pathways for curating knowledge amidst the infodemic.
This talk is part of the Big, If True webinar series hosted by Joan Donovan, Ph.D., who heads up the Technology and Social Change Research Project (TaSC) at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
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,1,How does psychology drive our political processes and decisions?
Seeking allies, strategizing against enemies, protecting territory and having one group decide the distribution of power and resources for everyone else. Are we talking about politics or middle school? With just one year out from the 2020 U.S. presidential election, listen to Dr. Diana Direiter unpack the human psychology that drives some of our political processes and decisions.
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,1,Madonna may have popularized Kabbalah in the twenty-first century, but the study of this mystical spiritual wisdom has been ongoing for centuries. Beyond the red string and celebrity appeal, what is the significance of Kabbalah for us today? Join Dr. Daniel C. Matt, an award-winning scholar of Kabbalah and the Zohar, the principal text of Kabbalah. Among Dr. Matt's numerous other publications are the best-selling The Essential Kabbalah (translated into six languages); Zohar: Annotated and Explained; and God and the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science and Spirituality. This event was held as the Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture at The Jewish Theological Seminary.