In a 2016 study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, Ariely and colleagues showed how dishonesty alters people's brains, making it easier to tell lies in the future.
One of the ways in which all agents seem to make decisions is that they assign a lower weighting to outcomes that are going to be further away in the future.
As a result, the public is divided about whether the imbalance in corporate America will change in the foreseeable future, even though women have made major advances in the workplace.
The World Meteorological Organization says there is a possibility that La Nina conditions, where sea surface temperatures cool, may re-emerge over the coming months.
In years to come I believe we will see this re-emerge, and, just as in Ancient Greece, the intellectuals will generally be on the side of authoritarianism.
While the efforts are certainly not futile, the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.