The course examines artificial intelligence through integrated political, philosophical, and economic perspectives. Students develop analytical frameworks for understanding AI's societal impact while gaining practical experience with AI tools and governance challenges.
The course emphasizes evidence-based reasoning about technological governance, economic disruption, and ethical considerations in AI development and deployment.
The course develops practical reasoning skills for navigating complex information environments in the digital age. Grounded in Bayesian epistemology and cognitive science research, students learn systematic approaches to belief formation, evidence evaluation, and decision-making under uncertainty.
The course addresses contemporary challenges including algorithmic mediation, synthetic media, misinformation dynamics, and adversarial information environments. Through calibration training, structured argumentation, and collaborative truth-seeking exercises, students develop the meta-cognitive skills essential for intellectual autonomy and informed democratic participation.
The course investigates the dynamics of human progress through an interdisciplinary lens. Students examine how scientific, technological, economic, and social advancement occurs, what barriers impede progress, and how we might overcome them in the 21st century.
The course emphasizes both theoretical understanding and practical application, encouraging systematic thinking about civilization's trajectory while developing skills to contribute actively to positive change.
The course examines the interplay between individual behavior, political institutions, and public policy. By integrating insights from behavioral economics, social psychology, and political science, students will gain a nuanced understanding of how psychological factors shape economic and political outcomes in modern societies.
The course explores fundamental concepts such as bounded rationality, heuristics, cognitive biases, and social preferences, examining their implications for political decision-making processes. Students will analyze how these behavioral factors influence both voters and policymakers, critically assessing their impact on democratic institutions, market mechanisms, and policy effectiveness. Key topics include the behavioral foundations of political polarization, the economics of misinformation in the digital age, nudge theory and libertarian paternalism, and the promises and pitfalls of behaviorally informed governance.
By the end of the course, students should be able to apply behavioral insights to analyze socio-economic issues, evaluate the design and implementation of public policies, and critically examine the ethical implications of behaviorally informed interventions.
An entry-level course in economics. It complements standard economic analysis with interdisciplinary perspectives from philosophy and political science. By exploring the economic approach to the analysis of social phenomena alongside insights from related disciplines, students will gain a nuanced understanding of markets, institutions, and public policy.
The course stresses the perspective of microeconomics and covers fundamental concepts such as scarcity, choice, supply and demand, market structures, externalities, and public goods, while also engaging with questions of efficiency, equity, and justice. The goal is to equip students with the tools and frameworks to analyze economic issues comprehensively, recognizing the complex interplay between economic, philosophical, and political dimensions.
Building upon the foundation of Principles Economics I, this course focuses on the macro-level social phenomena. Accordingly, it develops a macroeconomic perspective embedded within an interdisciplinary framework that contains insights from philosophy and political science.
The students will deepen their understanding of the political economy, exploring the fundamental questions of economic growth and development. The course covers the concepts such as national income accounting, economic indicators, fiscal and monetary policies, and international trade, while also engaging with questions of measurement, institutions, and globalization.
By the end of the course, students are able to critically examine macroeconomic issues, appreciating how economic factors intertwine with philosophical and political considerations to shape social reality.