by David Brenner | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review
First there was SUNY Professor and sociologist Virginia Eubanks’ 2018 ground-breaking book, Automating Inequality, which spotlighted how even well-intentioned technology solutions to complex social needs often only spawn new problems. Now Princeton sociologist Ruha...
by David Brenner | Aug 7, 2020 | Insights
We are living in an extraordinary time of global disruption: a persistent pandemic, accelerating climate change, a new appreciation of the extent of deeply embedded racial injustice, growing authoritarianism and vocal populism, deep political polarization, a new...
by David Brenner | Jul 8, 2020 | Insights
Our ability to self-consciously “think about our thinking” is one of our species’ foundational distinctives. Social psychology research over the past 40 years has up-ended our understanding of the way we think. It turns out we are much more likely to employ mental...
by David Brenner | Jun 1, 2020 | Insights
A blog I follow recently advised organizations to respond to this unexpected pandemic by applying the following template: stabilize, normalize, mobilize, futurize. This makes sense to me, not only for COVID, but the other global disruptors of our age – AI and...
by David Brenner | May 2, 2020 | Insights
I had perfect vision until I turned 50 and then my visual perception began to blur. Since getting my first pair of glasses a dozen years ago, I’ve found I actually enjoy peering through the optical machine while the assistant clicks through various lenses to update...
