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Larry S McGrath

Senior Researcher, Amazon

Larry S McGrath is a senior researcher at Amazon. He has taught history, anthropology and philosophy at Wesleyan University and Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Making Spirit Matter: Neurology, Psychology, and Selfhood in Modern France (2020).

Written by Larry S McGrath

A man in a light suit stands with a smiling woman while a faceless figure with exposed circuitry stands in the background.

Technology and media

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Chatbots remind us that natural conversation is artificial too

People fret about the authenticity of AI chatbots but precisely the same issues confront everyday exchanges between humans

by Larry S McGrath

Painting of the storming of the Bastille with people fighting and buildings in the background, featuring cannons and smoke from gunfire.

Freedom and choice

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Freedom needs friction: lessons in choice from French history

The French Revolution set freedom on a collision course with choice, showing how a break with habit can author a new self

by Larry S McGrath