March 19, 2015

Three things you’ll want to know:

1. You may have too much confidence At least according to psychologist David Dunning, who explains why people are so sure of themselves, even when they have no idea what they’re talking about.

2. A robot might have written this sentence. Bot artist Darius Kazemi and computer scientist Kris Hammond talk about thethe future of computer-generated narratives

3. Move over Jurassic and Paleozoic periods. Author Diane Ackerman says that humans are changing the world so much, the earth’s entering a new geologic epoch, the Anthropocene.

And this week's music:

14th Street Break

Amsterdam

Dinosaurs (Jon Kennedy Mix) [Explicit]

I Have Confidence

pri, WGBH, Full Show, Kara Miller, humanity

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