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Is free will freeing? Here’s why the freedom of choice is a trap in the modern era

Having more choices doesn’t enhance our freedom and well-being on an individual or societal level.

Sophia Rosenfeld is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Her previous books include the award-winning title Common Sense: A Political History. Her writing has appeared in scholarly journals, such as the American Historical Review and the Journal of Modern History, as well as in media publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Nation.

How to motivate staff when automating your business

Yes, there’s fear of change, but there are also emerging playbooks where everyone wins.

Clearly, automation will affect labor in 2025. But we maintain that when implemented well, automation elevates our employees and empowers our American workers to make U.S. businesses more competitive on the global stage.

This is our “why.” Now Chang Robotics’ president, Kate McAfoose, will address the “how.” These are remarks she shared at a recent Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force quarterly meeting panel.

The invisible future of healthcare

How AI will ensure the hospital of the future is no hospital

The Fast Company Impact Council is a private membership community of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. Members pay annual membership dues for access to peer learning and thought leadership opportunities, events and more.

How ‘Trump Take Egg’ captured the mood of an inflation-weary nation

A simple phrase about egg prices has turned into a viral meme holding Trump accountable for inflation.

Which came first: the up-for-grabs blame over inflation or the meme about it?

How to make work fair with practical and data-driven strategies

The crux of making work fair is that it must be part of every single person’s job.

Siri Chilazi is a senior researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Iris Bohnet is a professor of business and government at Harvard Kennedy School and co-director of the Women and Public Policy Program.

Will I get a ‘DOGE dividend’ check? Don’t count on $5,000 government stimulus, say financial experts

‘It’s wildly unfeasible,’ one Yale economist says of an idea being floated by Elon Musk to claw back large sums of money for American taxpayers.

Who wouldn’t want a “DOGE dividend?” Such an idea is evidently being floated at the highest levels of government.

As climate science disappears from government websites, here’s how to still access the data

The Public Environmental Data Partners and others are making sure that the climate science the public depends on is available even after the Trump administration takes it down.

Information on the internet might seem like it’s there forever, but it’s only as permanent as people choose to make it.

Greenland’s coveted resources could be more dangerous and expensive to extract with climate change. Here’s why

Trump’s demands today for American control of Greenland to exploit its resources are shortsighted.

Since Donald Trump regained the presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that the U.S. will control the island, currently an autonomous territory of Denmark, and if his overtures are rejected, perhaps seize Greenland by force.

The government or 4chan? The White House’s social media account is sparking outrage

A series of viral posts from the official White House X account blur the line between political messaging and internet trolling.

The official White House social media account is under fire for posts that resemble something typically found on the internet forum 4chan.

‘Jekyll and Hyde leadership’ can hurt employees. Here’s how to change it

Jekyll and Hyde leadership is unpredictable and can leave workers emotionally exhausted, wondering: ‘Which version of my boss will show up today?’

A glance at the day’s headlines reveals a universal truth: Leadership matters.