In a new book, Wharton's Jerry Wind and his co-authors argue that creativity is a learnable skill that becomes more powerful when paired with intelligent machines.

In an excerpt from his book ‘The Leader’s Brain,’ Wharton neuroscientist Michael Platt talks about three leadership skills that are critical in an increasingly automated world.

Pete Hegseth is bringing his fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity into the Pentagon.

DM Good morning! How do you define equilibrium (in its broadest contexts)? Good morning! What a wonderful question to explore together. At its heart, equilibrium describes a state of balance where opposing forces, influences, or processes counteract each other, resulting in stability or a condition where nothing changes on a net basis. Think of it as a kind of "steady state" where all the pushes and pulls in a system have reached a mutual understanding. Let me build this up f

When making any tough decision, the key is not to be overly exploratory or exploitative.

Where commentary on moms’ satisfaction goes wron g

The author spent days in a room with no light. Who would he be when he emerged?

Expert advice on how to build your strategic muscles

Business professor Christian Busch makes the case that serendipity is a skill, resulting from a mindset that allows you to see and act on opportunities in seemingly unrelated facts or events.

Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki explains that whether we are dealing with business, politics, or personal matters, it’s possible — and advantageous — to train ourselves to be more empathic.

DM Upon a walk in a forest today, I was considering the diversity of tree leaf shapes, and how each species of tree seems to maintain these shapes. I realize there are many reasons beyond my imagination for this persistent variation. However, I surmise there may be (at least) two primary factors: optimal functional efficiency and optimal environmental durability. So considering the southeastern U.S. forest in which I was walking (which appeared to be relatively mature), and u

Huge demonstrations won’t translate into immediate political results, but there’s a reason the president is so bothered by them.

How does the paideía of the Chinese tech elite differ from their counterparts in Silicon Valley?

Candidates closer to the political center, from both parties, continue to fare better in most elections than those farther to the right or left. This pattern may be the strongest one in electoral politics today, but it is one that many partisans try to obscure and many voters do not fully grasp.

What AI to use in late 2025

DM As many wise people have shared, across a variety of contexts, human social attentiveness and caring (aka: compassion) diminishes as a function of "distance" (broadly defined in numerous ways, not only physical). In other words, self-care and immediate family care typically reside at our "care epicenter," ...while our "extended concern, attention and care" for all others suffers varying degrees of decline, thus encompasses incremental reduction of moral social thought, ac

Demand for cultural commentary is higher than it’s ever been—but now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.

Technology is coming for jobs. Here is why we need to plan, not panic. KEY POINTS Technology has always affected work but the next wave of technology may be different. Work fulfills not only essential physical needs for us but also psychological needs. Even if a work-free world offers physical abundance, we may still experience psychological poverty.

Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.

The American experiment will soon turn 250. Is its time running out? Excerpt: " The U.S. retains unique strengths. It generally has independent courts and mostly freewheeling media. It enjoys relative geopolitical safety. As the country approaches its 250th anniversary, we should remember Abraham Lincoln’s remark t hat no external enemy could by force take a drink from the Ohio River. “If destruction be our lot," he said, “we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a