Real World Labs

Independent research institute making sense of lived realities. Reality Reports use lived experience research to cut through noise and add depth and nuance.

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Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, for work, decisions, even how we think. But what is living with AI really like? Not just for tech companies, politicians, or influencers, but for the everyday person.

Check out our latest video: https://t.co/syl44B4YEQ

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✍ "We want elected governments to have enough authority to govern effectively, but we also want enough restrictions on that authority to prevent abuses of power."

📜 In the latest installment of our Enlightenment essay series, we explore the Enlightenment ideal of democracy. In simple terms, democracy is the idea that political power should not be wielded merely by those with the most strength, but should instead be obtained legitimately through public consent. While this is a principle generally agreed upon in modern western society, how we put it into practice is a huge topic of debate.

Read the full essay on Substack: https://t.co/xip5deLtmP

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🏋️‍♂️We're now in the data collection phase of our fitness and dietary routines study! 🥗

We asked participants from the US and UK to try to stick to a 14-day fitness and dietary routine, to try to understand what makes people succeed at sticking with a new routine, and what causes them to fall off.

📹We're so excited to see how our participants do - and to share the results in an upcoming video on our YouTube channel.📹

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✏️ "If everyone is supposed to have equal moral worth, what does that 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 mean for the way we treat people?"

Pretty much everyone, when asked, will claim to support equality. But what that actually means, in practice, is highly contested. Is it enough to have equal opportunity, or does achieving equality require more that that? Is equality something innate to a free society, or something we have to work to achieve? And if everyone is of equal moral worth, how do we make moral decisions when our interests are at odds with eachother?

📜 In our essay '𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹, 𝗢𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵', the latest in our series on Enlightenment ideals, we ask how we interpret the principle of equality, as presented and argued by Enlightenment philosophers, manifests itself in modern life.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://t.co/Mk22M9RajO...

💬 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆?

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✍ "It feels a bit like your landlord dropped by one day to inform you he’s decided to rent out a room in your house to some guy you’ve never met before. And maybe you think this new guy isn’t so bad: he helps out a lot around the house, gives you advice, and he’s a really great listener. Or maybe you think he’s a nuisance that’s gotten into the bad habit of entering your room unannounced, telling you random 'facts’ he found on Reddit, and hanging weird surreal art around the house that you happen to find rather tasteless.”

📜 In our latest Substack essay, '𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜: Exploring the Human Side of Our Rapidly Changing Relationship with AI', we talk about one of the most under-discussed elements of modern AI - how AI is effecting people in their day-to-day lives.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://t.co/07R9TVGU3x

💬 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆-𝘁𝗼-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲?

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Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, for work, decisions, even how we think. But what is living with AI really like? Not just for tech companies, politicians, or influencers, but for the everyday person.

Check out our latest video: https://t.co/NWUBQuiH1l

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We've never had more information. And somehow, we understand less than ever. Welcome to the Age of Noise. #RealWorldLabs

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Conversation matters.

But without disciplined inquiry, confident voices can mislead.

Rigorous research doesn’t replace dialogue — it strengthens it.

Read our essay, this matters more than we think:
https://t.co/hgu54iyfWp

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The Age of Noise isn’t short on information.
It’s short on understanding.

Algorithms don’t just distribute content. They shape familiarity. That’s how echo chambers quietly form.

Why lived experience matters more than opinion:
https://t.co/GlMKWdK033