Jess Love

Jess Love is the senior director for the Ryan Institute on Complexity at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Y’all Look Different From Up Here

On the surprising link between face recognition and learning to sit

By Jess Love | Thursday September 5, 2013

Tuesdays with Siri

On talking to computers

By Jess Love | Thursday August 29, 2013

Are You Smarter Than My Cat?

On animal IQ tests

By Jess Love | Thursday August 22, 2013

When Babies Bang

A new study says the ruckus readies us for tool use

By Jess Love | Thursday August 15, 2013

The Internet is a James Joyce Novel

On the playful language of image macros

By Jess Love | Thursday August 8, 2013

Freshman, Meet Your Roommates

Prepare to share toothpaste—and dialects

By Jess Love | Thursday August 1, 2013

On Zombie Eating

Nom nom nom

By Jess Love | Thursday July 25, 2013

Language in an Age of Seamlessness

What happens to conversation when everyone’s using a different device?

By Jess Love | Thursday July 18, 2013

Picturing a Whole New Language

Could images be the new words?

By Jess Love | Thursday July 11, 2013

Well, Hey There, Search

Soon we may query search engines as naturally as we query each other

By Jess Love | Thursday June 27, 2013

The Last Good Thing

By Jess Love | Thursday December 11, 2025

Anatomy of a Collision

By Jess Love | Thursday December 22, 2022

We Need to Chat

By Jess Love | Monday September 7, 2015

Magic Fingers

By Jess Love | Thursday January 22, 2015

What Makes Hemingway Hemingway?

By Jess Love | Thursday January 15, 2015

On Expecting Things to Fall Apart

By Jess Love | Thursday January 8, 2015

Limericks That Leave You Hanging

By Jess Love | Thursday December 18, 2014

Tuesdays with Siri

By Jess Love | Thursday December 11, 2014

How to Talk Shakespeare

By Jess Love | Wednesday December 3, 2014

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