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July 2026

Research Roundup, August 2026
Ten new studies on the mind that caught my eye.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Why AI Can’t Be Creative (Yet)
What happened when I asked Claude to write the most creative sentence in human history.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
The Happiness Taboo
The one thing the founder of humanistic psychology wrote about — and was too scared to publish — and why saying it now is the most compassionate thing…
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Most of Life Is And, Not Or
Self-help and AI love the binary flip. Most of reality doesn't.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
In Chasing Productivity, We Lost the Inner Life
We learned to optimize everything except the part of us that was actually alive.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Leading for Tomorrow Virtual Book Summit!
Join the top business thinkers of our generation for the virtual launch of "Leading for Tomorrow: Unlocking Human Potential in the Era of Continuous…
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
What AI Gets Wrong When It Plays a Personality
Researchers used my Light Triad scale to test whether a machine can simulate moral character. What they found says something hopeful about being human.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Last Call: The Science of Living Well
Registration closes tonight — we begin Wednesday.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
New Series: The Science of Flourishing
A new series on the Waking Up app explores how to live well from a humanistic psychology perspective.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman
Research Roundup, July 2026
Ten new studies on the mind that caught my eye.
 • Scott Barry Kaufman

June 2026

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