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Fact or Fiction: The Age Beyond Reason — Are We Becoming Smarter or Less Wise? The modern world celebrates knowledge as the pathway to progress. Artificial intelligence now promises to place nearly un

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a future technology. It is rapidly becoming the operating system of the global economy. But beneath the headlines lies a deeper question: Are we entering an era of

Uncertainty and the Search for Orientation. The article argues that modern society is experiencing rising uncertainty caused by information overload, social fragmentation, rapid technological change,

Hearing Voices in Your Head For centuries, people assumed that everyone “heard” a voice in their head while thinking — an internal narrator commenting, debating, worrying, rehearsing, or reflecting. B

Fact or Fiction: Is the University of Alberta Acting with Integrity? Fact or Fiction: The University of Alberta is simply renovating Convocation Hall and respectfully relocating an old instrument. The

Imagine waking one year from now with a slightly smaller vocabulary than you have today. Not dramatically smaller—just 338 words gone. After all, most of us rely on a relatively small core of language

Fact or Fiction: You’ll Be Back — Are Young Men Returning to Religion? In The Last Commons, I reflected on an ancient moment: humanity’s departure from the Garden of Eden. In that telling, Adam and Ev

Alberta’s Indigenous Population Want Out The claim that Alberta’s Indigenous population “want out” is gaining traction in political and media conversations. It suggests a growing desire among First Na

Fact or Fiction: Silicon Will Outsmart Carbon The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked a question that keeps ethicists, scientists, and everyday people awake at night: Is the future silicon, no

Fact or Fiction #260 Start-ups Fail Because They Lack Financing In this issue of the KEI Network, Chapter Four of The Last Commons challenges a deeply embedded belief: that innovation rises or falls o