The trickle-down effect • Navigating uncertainty • Building value in communities

From childhood, honesty is framed as a moral north star. Tell the truth. Don’t lie. Say what you mean, no matter the cost. But adult relationships quickly expose the limits of that lesson. Instead of building closeness, some truths erode it—especially when honesty is delivered without care, context, or concern for the person on the receiving end.

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In early 2023, Mahzarin Banaji was meeting with her student Tessa Charlesworth (who is now at Northwestern University) when the topic of ChatGPT arose. Banaji had heard of the tool but hadn’t yet engaged with it. The two decided to do a quick experiment while they set up for their meeting.

“I said, ‘Ask GPT: What are your implicit biases?’ Because what else was I go...

Congrats to APS Fellows Deanna Barch, M.J. Crockett, Tor Wager!

Deanna M. Barch, Washington University in St. Louis, and Tor D. Wager, Dartmout...

Is tech rewiring childhood or exposing what’s already broken? Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, and a Gen Z advocate debate social media bans, attention and what “fun” looks like off-screen.