AMES, Iowa – Will artificial intelligence render the human mind irrelevant? Acclaimed scientist and author Steven Pinker will answer that question when he presents the 2024 Goldtrap Lecture at Iowa ...

Even with all the bad news going on — the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, economic worries, whatever — Steven Pinker remains optimistic that the human species is making progress.

There’s nothing quite like listening to a group of intellectuals discuss the future that makes you feel like everything might be OK after all. The comforting optimism of academia is just one of the ...