Anthropogenic carbon emissions have the potential to trigger changes in climate and
ecosystems that would be catastrophic for the well-being of humans and other species …

Evolutionary game theory is a truly interdisciplinary subject that goes well beyond the limits
of biology. Mathematical minds get hooked up in simple models for evolution and often …

Surveillance capitalism is what happened when US democracy stood down. Two decades
later, it fails any reasonable test of responsible global stewardship of digital information and …

A number of trends in national and international politics greatly affect our capacity to achieve
the cooperation that will be necessary to address the challenges facing society over the …

The level of antagonism between political groups has risen in the past years. Supporters of a
given party increasingly dislike members of the opposing group and avoid intergroup …

Polarization in the United States and around the world is of growing concern. Polarization is
about more than just differences in opinions in society. It occurs when groups increasingly …

We provide commentaries on the papers included in the Dynamics of Political Polarization
Special Feature. Baldassarri reads the contribution of the papers in light of the theoretical …

Behavioral responses influence the trajectories of epidemics. During the COVID-19
pandemic, nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) reduced pathogen transmission and …

Individual and societal reactions to an ongoing pandemic can lead to social dilemmas: In
some cases, each individual is tempted to not follow an intervention, but for the whole …

Achieving global sustainability in the face of climate change, pandemics, and other global
systemic threats will require collective intelligence and collective action beyond what we are …